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[quote=Anonymous]I was a total devotee of Montessori until it turned out to be the wrong choice for my daughter.  At 2 she went to a montessori toddler program and she liked it quite a lot.  She is pretty boisterous and smart (she can read by herself and is only 3). Several posters have correctly stated that not all Montessori are the same.  My daughter moved to a different one that was Spanish immersed at age 3 and it has been a DISASTER.  She totally feels hemmed in and overly organized.  The room itself is perhaps too small and the teacher seems to be a bit of a micromanager.  It is set up that the children come in and then go to their stations and yes they pick among "the work" that they have had a lesson on but they can't choose to just play, which at 3 may be exactly what they want to do and perhaps need to do. My daughter loves ballet and so she might want to twirl her dress for a while and imagine being a princess but that is not allowed and will draw a "consequence" if she persists.  They are to do "their work" and not interfere ie talk to the children around them who are doing "their work" Even the lunch is pretty regulated in the way you have to take out your lunch and lay out your napkin and place mat. I think I am going to look for a play based program for her which I never thought I would do but this is not working out for her.[/quote]

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