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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montessori schools generally treat school like a place for serious work. Kids generally like to work (shocking, I know!) and find it nice to be taken seriously. They are expected to do productive things and be a part of the community. This is in contrast to traditional preschools where kids can play but often don’t have enough to do and get into petty squabbles and fights as a result. My spouse has taught in both Montessori and traditional preschool and vastly preferred Montessori and thought the kids were happier, too. It’s not about getting ahead academically, though that is often a happy result, but more about giving kids something to do with their powerful minds other than fight over who gets to destroy the lego creation.

My advice is to visit while class is in session. Teachers and students should be peacefully working and the rules are meant to give structure and boundaries so expectations are clear. It’s not a free for all, but that’s what all the time outside of school is for! School is for work. [/quote]

School is for work? That’s a depressing concept for a young kid.[/quote]

Yeah but in my kids’ school the work was, maybe, arranging flowers or stacking blocks or something. It was the same stuff you would do in regular preschool, just quieter. I think regular preschools divide class time into learning v individual play, and at Montessori those things are integrated.

This is obviously not a description of Montessori education, just an outsiders observation. [/quote]

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