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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS1-- active, competitive, social and joyful. He did not do well with the quieter times in the Montessori classroom. After a year of having his (wonderful!) teachers calm him down and redirect daily, he still wasn't getting closer to becoming an independent worker, so we did not begin the second year. They  promised that things would change if we stayed, once he was one of the older learners...but it felt like we were trying to force him to be a different kind of kid.[/quote]

This was us too. I knew that, to some extent, the issues we faced during the first year were unlikely to repeat during the second year as frequently, but it just did not feel like a good fit for DD. It felt very much like we (and the school) were trying to change parts of her personality in order to conform to the school's standards, which didn't feel right to me. DD got in trouble for things like "disrespecting the materials" (aka not using them expressly as designed, being creative) and for being too social, or social outside the designated times for group play/work.

I think that there are aspects of Montessori that are really positive for all children. A lot of the work is stuff that really made my DD feel very empowered - things like setting the table, cleaning her own dishes, polishing and sorting that she viewed as "grown up activities" were now within her reach. I know that those things can be taught in other ways, but they are often not taught deliberately the way that Montessori does. [/quote]

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