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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with PPs. I have a child that loves reading and pushes herself naturally in reading and writing. That's great and one less thing I have to worry about. But that same child could not care less about math and avoids it like the plague. We pulled her out of Montessori because I was not willing to wait and see if/when her math interest caught up to her reading interest. Particularly not for a girl, where the math divide between genders starts showing by middle elementary. I think Montessori can be amazing for a self-motivated child that can move faster than a traditional curriculum allows. But you simply don't know if you'll have that child when you lottery for your 3 or 4 year old. Or if your second child will be the same self-motivator. It's HARD to know when it's time to make a change, and to leave a "lottery win" seat behind. But sometimes it's the right decision and all you can do is move forward.[/quote]

We moved from a supposed HRCS early in ECE for these reasons--it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be for child nor our family. [/quote]

How is the new school? Let me guess…you still think is not hard enough?[/quote]

I meant the adjustment wasn’t as hard as we expected it to be. The change was hard the first 1-2 weeks of school, but then it was fine. Now academically, it’s much harder. [/quote]

We had the opposite experience leaving Montessori for a popular public school. Their Montessori education meant they were way ahead of grade level. This isn’t clear when you are in Montessori because there are few tests or comparisons. For example, PPs experience with their K student working on multiplication is not unusual. I’ve seen Lee first and second graders working on complex long multiplication and division.[/quote]

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