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[quote=Anonymous]Ballet PP here. The perception that kids in Montessori classrooms are unhappy or "weird" is one I've heard before. I think it's often based on the relative quiet of the classroom and the expressions on kids' faces, which often reflect concentration and/or exertion of effort (physical or mental). Interpreting these alone as unhappiness is usually just a projection by the adults. When I watch my 2 year old, who is currently in an amazing play-based daycare, build something with magnatiles at home, he also works very quietly, stares intensely, and his expression ranges from neutral to confused to furrowed brow to outright frown. He grins periodically when he admires his building or completes it, but the amount of time spent smiling is a tiny fraction of the time spent looking serious. He is not at all unhappy, but I can see why it might look that way.[/quote]
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