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[quote=Anonymous]i have 2 kids in montessori - my DD is 4 and started at 2; she is very creative, loves to draw and paint, is very social, and might be a little ahead of the curve in terms of her interests (she wants to know all the countries in the world, so her teachers are working on that - and now wants to know their capitals and flags, so i'm working on that at home)...

DS is 2 and just started in the 2s class - he just loves going in, picking out his own "work" to do and being able to spend the time perfecting it - lots of the activities focus on small-motor skills and i've noticed he will do one activity 3 or 4 times in a row before moving on. he's also very physical and the emphasis on outdoor time is great for him. he's also quite social and has two best "fwends." he seems quite average to me, as far as boys go, and i anticipate holding him back in the 2's class another year (he's a december baby, so had a mid-year start), whereas his sister was more advanced and we pushed her into the primary class, where she has done very well.

So, i think all kids can thrive in the montessori environment. I know less about traditional preschools, but I vividly remember mine as being very rigid - I went to Geneva Nursery School right here in Potomac and the teachers would choose activities for the children every morning - and there was no switching into something else - so if I got put into the blocks area, that was all i could do all morning... I remember being especially miserable that painting was so infrequently allowed.[/quote]

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