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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think doing all three years in Montessori and then starting at your local public in K sounds like a fantastic plan.
He'll get the benefit of being the oldest in his Primary room for a year and all the "big kid" things he'll get in that montessori classroom, and then still get the regular intro to public school as a Kindergarten kid.[/quote]

Would you be concerned about the fact that he will only have 2 peers his age (the other 15 kids will be 3-4 years old)? Or that he will not be exposed to teacher-led learning?

The play-based pre-K we are considering is a big feeder school to the local elementary school too.[/quote]

No, I wouldn't really be concerned about that.  In some ways it just means that he'll have more opportunities to be the leader in the classroom, which is a good thing. And the more advanced classroom materials are there regardless of how many third year students are in the room.
As for teacher-led learning.... eh.  I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about what actually happens in a montessori classroom.  It's not like your kid hasn't taken adult direction a lot in montessori.  And a public K will be aaaalllllllll about teaching the kids how to "do school" so there will be plenty of time and support for him to learn whatever processes your particular public school has in place. [/quote]

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