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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many of their materials can only be used the “ right way@ which stifles creativity.  [/quote]
This always comes up in Montessori threads, and it's totally bogus. The Montessori work cycle comprises only a portion of the child's day, and during that cycle a child will perform various works. Some works offer more opportunity for creativity than others. The creativity usually only comes after you know some stuff about the basic elements of something.

To take a non-Montessori example, my 5 year old's ballet teacher recently let the kids compose their own dances for part of a class. But that was only after they had learned some basic moves. None of their choreography was very impressive, but they were getting to be creative by combining things they learned at ballet in new ways. Not by running around the room pretending to be track stars, by singing, or by drawing. They understood that ballet class is a time to learn ballet related things, and that being creative at ballet class means making new and original ballet related things. Montessori is similar. You learn the basic building block skills first, then you get to be creative with them later.[/quote]

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