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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend's kid did this for K in K & 1 class. At first my friend was nervous but they all ended up liking it and it was a good experience. [/quote]
How does it work? Seems like a disadvantage to the 3rd graders, especially if they are more advanced?[/quote]

It's my understanding that this is the structure of Montessori schools generally.   I assume they would have reading / math groups based on ability like they do in regular classes, so presumably the third graders would be in a higher reading group or a higher math group if relevant.   I am not a proponent of redshirting but I could see that there could be a benefit to getting a chance to be the older kid and getting a chance to be more the leader by virtue of being older in such a classroom structure.

That said, I've never been a complainer about my kids being bored in school.  I think making up their own work or things to do in their free time allows them to be more creative and become more of an independent thinker. [/quote]

Exactly.  My kids go to a montessori school, and one of the things I love most about it is the mixed ages.  It's not like every child in the classroom is working on the same thing all the time.  There is huge benefit from peer-to-peer learning, and in a single grade classroom, there is far less opportunity for an individual kid to be both the leader and the learner.  (ie, in a single age class, the same kid is always the one ahead doing the helping, while a different kid is always the one being helped.  In a mixed grade class, you can almost always find an opportunity for the older kid to be the leader, even if they aren't the strongest student for their grade level.)
A good teacher can really make a mixed aged class be an awesome learning environment for all the kids.[/quote]

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