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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe that 25-30 preschoolers in any room is a terrible idea.  Children thrive with the facilitation of loving, trained teachers and assistants.  They also learn from each other but the guidance and co-learning that comes in a good play based school is the best, in my opinion.  [/quote]

Not the OP, but your opinion is useless because you don't know what you are talking about. In a Montessori classroom you do NOT have 25-30 "preschoolers" (3-4YO) in a classroom. You have 25-30 kids ranging in age from 3 to 6YO. Having the age range is crucial.  You may not believe it, but the older kids actually do teach and help the younger kids. So in a Montessori classroom you do in fact get "loving, trained teachers and assistants" and "co-learning." Why not try reading and learning more about Montessori philosophy before spouting off and spreading misinformation?[/quote]

I am a PP at Franklin and I think YOU don't know what you're talking about. Many of these classes have difficulty retaining kids for the third year (rising cost of tuition and better options in DCPS) so you have mostly 3 and 4 YOs. My child's class was 27 kids, with maybe 3 kids in their third year. I thought the classes were remarkably calm and not chaotic, but I did not observe any older kids teaching younger kids anything. My 3 yo says he has never gotten a lesson from an older child (beyond superheroes and guns in the free play time).

I do think the teachers and assistants are very good but wish my kid could have more attention from them. Yes he works independently, but left to is own devices, he just scribbles on paper. [/quote]

Sounds like Montessori is not a good fit for him. I don't think my daughter would do well with Montessori either.[/quote]

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