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[quote=Anonymous]Before I moved to DC, I lived in a college town in the Midwest where full day preschool was not a thing that was available. If there was full day care, it was at a daycare (whether that be a center or someone's home). The only exception to this rule was Montessori. The practical result of that was that when children who went to Montessori school from ages 3-5 and then into K in a non-Montessori school, they WERE "better educated" than kids who had been in a daycare center or had been at home with a parent. They had more experience with formal schooling than those kids did and their parents already had expectations about what a classroom would provide their child. Those parents were often not particularly patient with a classroom that was non-Montessori or with a classroom that had many students who were entering a formal school setting for the first time at age 5.

Speaking as the parent of a 4 year old Montessori student, I understand the frustration with your child being forced to go backward a step to accommodate the needs of other children. I also understand that one of the many things my child needs to learn in school is how to accommodate the needs of others and that one of my jobs as a parent is to recognize that the world doesn't revolve around my child.[/quote]

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