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[quote=Anonymous]This is a very unpopular position, but Montessori was absolutely wonderful for my child. The best school experience he has had, to be honest (and we have tried the range). He was always very academically oriented and Montessori let him soar; I attribute a lot of his patience with challenges and ability to dive deep into problems to his great start in Montessori. I don't really get the concern that SLPs and others always have with the lack of socializing. There was lots of cooperative work, plus plenty of unstructured outdoor time, AND, for the three-year-olds, it was only three hours a day anyway. We had plenty of other opportunities to interact in different ways with other peers.

My two caveats are that any school experience is extremely teacher dependent. My child had a teacher for four years who instantly got him and appreciated him but was also willing to establish clear expectations. (She was also just a brilliantly gifted teacher.) Montessori may have been a uniquely good fit for my curious kid who hyper focuses but we would have gone anywhere for this teacher. The second is that, there is no question that my child was able to avoid non-preferred tasks and that that helped conceal a very serious LD. On the other hand, he wasn't able to avoid them in public school and they were even more clueless about the LD, even when it was obvious, so there's that.  [/quote]

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