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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had the same experience with a verbal kid who turned out to have Asperger's.  We never really got to the bottom of it either, and couldn't figure it out because our neighbor's children seemed to have fun at the same school.  So it probably wasn't the teacher or the method specifically -- just a really poor fit with our child.  My sense now is that he often didn't understand what the expectations were for the activities for kids there -- He actually could produce a lot more language than he could comprehend, if that makes sense, and I think honestly he didn't understand a lot of what was going on.[/quote]

Montessori is a terrible method for any child with an ASD. The method depends on a teacher providing guidance and social cues to lead a child to the materials and to guide the child through the materials.  Kids with an ASD do not pick up on those social cues or guidance and they tend to flounder in a Montessori setting.

Montessori is also a terrible method for really creative kids. There is one right way to use the materials. If you use them creatively, you will be told that you are "wrong" and guided to doing it "right."  That's a very difficult thing for creative kids -- they spend every day of their lives in Montessori being told that they are doing it wrong.

I'm glad that Montessori works for some families, but if your kid is outside the box, it's not the place of them. [/quote]

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