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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another LAMB parent here. My DC was in a Reggio program for 2 years before starting at LAMB, and it was disastrous. It was just like a free-for-all. DC has blossomed with Montessori - at 5, DC is writing in cursive, reading in English and Spanish, doing addition and subtraction (simple), and loves school. And is bilingual. I encourage people to sit in on a few classes at a Montessori school; hopefully this "rigid" reputation that the method has on this board will be dispelled, because that is certainly not what my DC's experience has been. [/quote]

Either Montessori or Reggio need to be implemented by a experienced and skillful teacher fully knowledgeable of each philosophy. Your experience sounds like a great example that illustrates my point. Your DC was probably in a school where Reggio was beginning to be implemented or the teachers were not experienced Reggio teachers. And your current experience with Montessori probably is better because your DC's teachers know how to do the right thing. Reggio is a wonderful approach that is nothing like "free for all" A good program will have a studio teacher, a pedagogista or learning specialist who together with the teacher will plan creative ways to provoke children learning. With Montessori you will see a different structure. Learning occurs differently and it is not necessarily more orderly it just has different resources/ materials that teachers use. Both are great philosophies for kids as they both are supposed to respect children's different styles to learning. You just need to find a good school that cares for the quality of their teachers. training is not all, they have to be intuitively good about carrying on with each philosophy. A traditional teacher will be awful if unable to interpret either Reggio or Montessori.[/quote]

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