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[quote=Anonymous]DS moved from a montessori school to public school in first grade.
I know montessori is waaaaay different than Waldorf, but here's our experience anyway:

Overall, it's been great and a lot easier than I thought it would be.

I emailed his teacher at the beginning of the year to let her know of some of the eccentricities she might see (in our case, cursive writing instead of print, great phonics but little site words, and not having a ton of experience with large group/lecture type teaching).  She seemed appreciative of the email.

Last summer we worked on printing, because I knew that was one area that could really cause problems if he wasn't able to read/write like his classmates.  He still had a bit of a hard time in the beginning and would need to be reminded to print, but nothing too difficult.  Now his handwriting looks like all of his classmates.  So if there's something specific that you know Waldorf does differently that will probably be a problem, I think it's worth the time to really focus on it the summer before hand.

Every once in a while (less than once a month), we'll run into a topic that DS hasn't been exposed to yet but the other kids have.  If it's quick and easy (which most of the time it is), I'll just review it at home.  One topic was a bigger deal, so I emailed the teacher to just let her know that he hadn't been exposed to it yet and we would work on it at home.  She then also gave him a little more focus on it during class time.

All in all, I've been pleasantly surprised at how well prepared he was and also at how willing his current teacher is to meet him where he is and help.

All that said, 1st grade is a lot different than 5th grade.[/quote]

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