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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you have any thoughts about children starting Montessori later rather than going through the entire primary classroom?  What about a kindergarten age kid without prior Montessori experience?  How do the older kids in the primary classroom fit with the younger children?  Would an advanced 5 year old be a better fit in the elementary classroom with the older kids or with the younger ones?  At what point do you know that the older kids are ready to move up?  [/quote]

Ideally, all children would start at three so they can absorb all the classroom norms and culture, but I'm absolutely a Montessorian who wants ALL children to have the opportunity to enter a Montessori classroom, regardless of age. Having at LEAST a year or two in Primary will make their Lower El experience much better- since we build on concepts. I prefer evaluating at six years old to move up. I have some middle five year olds in Montessori for the first time this year and they're doing swimmingly.

When it comes to moving up, I look for emotional maturity. I mean, granted, there are cases where behavior may be difficult due to tons of factors such as previous trauma, a diagnosed disorder, etc., and in that case, the special education branch in a school needs to serve those children while still making sure they progress through the grade clusters.[/quote]

Isn't there a point where some 5 year olds will have exhausted all the materials in the primary classroom?  How is that handled?  (Or are the materials flexible enough that they can be used by very advanced kids?)[/quote]

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