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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montessori K was the best possible thing I could have done for my son. That year gained him so much confidence and independence. I love montessori as a whole, but the third year in the cycle was wonderful. Mornings were whole group, but afternoon was just K, so it was a very small group with the teacher and he was able to just fly.

The downside was that 1st and 2nd were all review. I wish we'd had the money to continue Montessori through elementary school, or at least until AAP started.
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Our oldest stayed in Montessori for K, while our younger moved to public for K. I would say that this sounds like a situation where it's unlikely you can choose wrong! My kids are also just different kids, so it's hard to tell how much actual impact either decision had. But my kid who stayed at Montessori is leaps and bounds ahead in math and just has such a strong math foundation and deep intuitive understanding of numbers. But struggled more with reading and writing. He spent a lot of time deeply invested in the math materials in K. My younger who went public k (and just first two years Montessori) has stronger reading and writing but does not seem to have the same strong foundational number sense.

We didn't find the transition difficult either year. And there were lots of new kids in 1st regardless. They're in 2nd and 4th now and I have been generally thrilled with both of their experiences.

Good luck! 
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