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[quote=Anonymous]Montessori does mixed age grouping very successfully, and as a director I like mixed age grouping much better (although I'm not a director at Montessori).  BUT most parents want those groupings because they do think that young 3s are so much different from older 3s, which they aren't.  Now, if you have a 3 and an almost 5 yr old in the same class, you DO need to do some splitting and accommodations so all get challenged - one example might be different circle times since 3 yr olds and 41/2 yr olds have different attention spans, language skills for talking and listening, and handle different books.  And then a 3 yr old who really can handle a longer story/circle time and a 4 yr old who can only handle a short story and quick circle could be in different circles that are developmentally appropriate not age-appropriate for them.  Again, nursery schools do this because parents want it, not because they think there are such huge differences between young 3s and older 3s.[/quote]

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