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Reply to "Help me understand the difference between Montessori and play-based preschool"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My opinion is kids should play and socialize. The least amount of academics the better. And Montessori is extremely academic and tends to draw a certain type of parent to it. One that is competitive about early academics. [/quote] My Montessori son plays and socializes every day. The concepts aren't mutually exclusive. Child development shows that at 3 and 4, kids prefer to engage with 1 or 2 other kids at a time, so the activities in the preschools are set for 1-3 kids to work on together. His "work" is practicing zippers and buttons, cutting and coloring, and serving himself/cleaning up. Life skills. Sure, he knows numbers and letters, but that's hardly the focus. The big picture is self sufficiency.[/quote]
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