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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lee Montessori rocked DL and quickly came up with a plan. [/quote]

I mean, no Montessori can rock DL but hey, you do you.

Sometimes I just think people have been Stockholm syndromed into thinking this year was great and fine.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t a Montessori school be able to rock DL? Dr. Montessori herself said people completely missed the point with her philosophy on education by focusing on the materials.[/quote]

Environment is essential for Montessori. It's not about the Montessori-approved materials (you could stock a Montessori classroom with stuff from a couple garage sales and a trip to Walmart if you needed to), but the environment does need to be set up in a specific way. And for a true Montessori education, you really need a classroom with multiple children in order to fully embrace the kind of child-led exploration the approach dictates. Plus the reason Montessori teachers generally have certifications is that the style of leading/teaching in Montessori requires a specific skill set (and honestly is not conducive to a limited amount of online instruction a few times a day).

[b]So unless everyone at Lee just happens to have a very relaxed home life with enough space, and at least one parent with the time and skills to facilitate, then Lee failed at providing a Montessori education to their kids. I'm sure some kids had a good experience, but those are likely kids with a SAHP and means and consistent schedules who could homeschool and be fine. A lot of Lee kids don't have anything like that, and they barely got an education at all this year, much less one grounded in Montessori philosophy[/b]. Come on.[/quote]

I'm inclined to agree with this. My younger daughter is way beyond her older sibling and there was a very heavy reliance on parents to step in that was not present at the other school we're enrolled in. We were fortunate enough to have an adult attend EVERY SINGLE CLASS with our daughter all year. Not ideal, but we made it happen. Either way, there just wasn't enough material covered in a meaningful way to build a base of knowledge. And managing the gaps was terrible.[/quote]

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