What do people like/not like about Lee Montessori?

[Anonymous]

Lee is great. Test scores don’t tell the story. Visit the school, talk to the parents. They’ll give you the real truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lee is great. Test scores don’t tell the story. Visit the school, talk to the parents. They’ll give you the real truth.

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[Anonymous]

I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

[Anonymous]

The quinoa is great.

[Anonymous]

Any thoughts about the chickens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

I'm interested in Montessori and would like to know this answer to this, too. My Pre-K 3 at a DCPS has learned to count to 30, the alphabet, his colors, shapes, how to spell his name, and his teacher did a tree study, a house study, and a clothing study. He's still working on phonetics, writing his name and tracing the alphabet.

There's not much of a focus on social/emotional learning, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

I'm interested in Montessori and would like to know this answer to this, too. My Pre-K 3 at a DCPS has learned to count to 30, the alphabet, his colors, shapes, how to spell his name, and his teacher did a tree study, a house study, and a clothing study. He's still working on phonetics, writing his name and tracing the alphabet.

There's not much of a focus on social/emotional learning, though.

My 2-year-old’s daycare has done all of these things. Is there a resource where we can see what kids are supposed to know at each age?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

I'm interested in Montessori and would like to know this answer to this, too. My Pre-K 3 at a DCPS has learned to count to 30, the alphabet, his colors, shapes, how to spell his name, and his teacher did a tree study, a house study, and a clothing study. He's still working on phonetics, writing his name and tracing the alphabet.

There's not much of a focus on social/emotional learning, though.

Montessori doesn't have a SEL focus either. If you want that, you'd need to go to a school that offers it, such as Langley or Garrison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

I'm interested in Montessori and would like to know this answer to this, too. My Pre-K 3 at a DCPS has learned to count to 30, the alphabet, his colors, shapes, how to spell his name, and his teacher did a tree study, a house study, and a clothing study. He's still working on phonetics, writing his name and tracing the alphabet.

There's not much of a focus on social/emotional learning, though.

Montessori doesn't have a SEL focus either. If you want that, you'd need to go to a school that offers it, such as Langley or Garrison.

I was responding to PP's mention of Lee Montessori's focus on social/emotion support. I probably should have used that terminology in my post rather than SEL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

I'm interested in Montessori and would like to know this answer to this, too. My Pre-K 3 at a DCPS has learned to count to 30, the alphabet, his colors, shapes, how to spell his name, and his teacher did a tree study, a house study, and a clothing study. He's still working on phonetics, writing his name and tracing the alphabet.

There's not much of a focus on social/emotional learning, though.

Montessori doesn't have a SEL focus either. If you want that, you'd need to go to a school that offers it, such as Langley or Garrison.

I was responding to PP's mention of Lee Montessori's focus on social/emotion support. I probably should have used that terminology in my post rather than SEL.

Yes. Support is different from a curriculum to teach social skills to the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

Pk3er recognizes no letters or numbers (other than 0-2) and cannot write his name. He doesn't know any letters or how to hold a pencil correctly. Older student a little better, but told me when we made him write a little every day that he never has to do it at school and didn't appreciate it very much. He complained about how much more we made him learn at home. The older one knew his letters and numbers when he enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids at Lee and I've found this period of time interesting in terms of 1) school is doing a lot for distance learning. 2) School (I hope) feels that this is more to help families than to actually facilitate learning, because it's hardly a replacement for school. But 3) I've been a bit surprised at how little my kids actually know compared to their peers. I'm concerned that following the child and focusing on social/emotional support (which Lee is outstanding at) may have real costs as they get older.

How old?

What don’t they seem to know? We are at another Montessori and I wonder this too sometimes. But also I feel it’s just different what they know, not less. In some ways more.

Pk3er recognizes no letters or numbers (other than 0-2) and cannot write his name. He doesn't know any letters or how to hold a pencil correctly. Older student a little better, but told me when we made him write a little every day that he never has to do it at school and didn't appreciate it very much. He complained about how much more we made him learn at home. The older one knew his letters and numbers when he enrolled.

This is something that is concerning to me about Montessori in general- wondering if it’s necessarily a good thing for kids to be able to just work on whatever they feel like each day instead of having more structure

[Anonymous]

Do a google search on Montessori method or watch a video. A lot of what is pushed in pk-3 through kindergarten these days is not necessary for that age group. Dr. Montessori’s method is based on the four planes of development. I also recommend researching that. If you want your child to learn the traditional curriculum of this generation, do NOT go to Montessori school. It won’t be what you are looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do a google search on Montessori method or watch a video. A lot of what is pushed in pk-3 through kindergarten these days is not necessary for that age group. Dr. Montessori’s method is based on the four planes of development. I also recommend researching that. If you want your child to learn the traditional curriculum of this generation, do NOT go to Montessori school. It won’t be what you are looking for.

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