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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child is very imaginative, I'd look elsewhere.  My DS loved pretending and his teachers always tried to "correct" him when he would pretend a broom was a leaf blower for example.  [/quote]

This varies by school and teacher.  I'm the PP with twins above and we have had no issue with imaginative play.  The restriction on imaginative play at our Montessori school is only during the 2.5-3 hour Montessori class.  So, essentially, when they are trying to get the children focused on their projects and the lessons.  Our kids are in daycare at the Montessori school both before and after.  There is no constraint on imaginative play in the before-care, daycare, aftercare periods.  Nor is there any restriction during the 3 20-40 minute playground times.  We see our Montessori classmates routinely at many birthday parties on weekends.  These kids do not suffer from constrained imaginative play.  And frankly, I don't really see a problem with discouraging imaginative play in one set of lessons that takes up only about 1/4 to 1/3 of their day.  This is akin to discouraging imaginative play during group session or alphabet lessons in a play-based school.  I fail to see a problem with saying that imaginative play is discouraged during a given lesson. [/quote]

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