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[quote=Anonymous]i love love love our montessori. and i have no idea what PP is talking about whne she says they don't encourage social skills; she might not be very familar with true montessori methods.

in addition to the traditional mont curriculum, all children take nature class (hikes in the woods once per week), ballet and tap (once per week), music (once per week), and spanish.

My dd has thrived socially (she started in the 2s class and is now 4). Her nature is to be indepedent and creative and montessori truly fosters bother of those things. If she wants to paint all day long, she can. If she wants to make seventeen bead necklasses, she can.

She also learns to be industrious and to take pride in her work - for instance, she loves to clean up at home - to put her plate in the sink after dinner and to getthe broom out. These are small things, i realize, but its nice that school teaches them to take pridein stuff that is oridnary.

Additionally, our classrooms are not quiet. There is no enforced silence, but children are taught to respect others and if one child is loud enough to be distrubing others, other children are encouraged to ask the child to lower thier voice.

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