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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WWYD: we are not in our forever home and want our next house to be our long term home. Our problem is we don’t think we can get our house ready to sell this spring/summer and our eldest starts K this fall. The eldest is currently in a Montessori daycare (that we no longer like) with their youngest sibling. Would you a) find a new Montessori daycare and have eldest complete K there, or b) send eldest to public K and change schools when we move next year?[/quote]

I was a K teacher.  I would send eldest to public K.  That said, while I think Montessori has some good points, I am not a fan.  I love some of their materials, but I don't like some of the rigidity.  I don't think the language development is as strong.

Of course, Montessori varies from place to place--just as public K will vary from place to place.[/quote] oh really? I toured a couple of Montessori schools in my area - that have elementary grades - and their expectation for rising K almost made me cry. Apparently kids should be able to read CVC words, write short sentences, and know math operations. Is that more than what is expected for public K? [/quote]

Yes for the end of the year. [/quote]

My child is currently in Montessori Pre-K ( not the final year so not the same as K but truly pre-K as he is 4.5 years old) and he is writing letters, reading short words, and is spelling simple 3/4 letter words using phonetics. I can’t imagine if he were to start K in FCPS next year that the majority of the class would be at the same level going in but I could be wrong. [/quote]

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