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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went to see a Montessori classroom to see if it would be a good fit for our 3-year old. When we left the school, we both looked at each other like, "what the heck was this all about!". Kids were like zombies walking from one "work station" to another. Only one girl cracked a smile during the 30 minute visit. She was playing tea time, and this was the only station that resembled what I call play.
We don't have a crazy kid who is loud, runs around or even engages in imaginative play, but Montessori is still not for  him. We we wondering how he would survive doing the stations 3 hours a day.
We did co-op and then Reggio prk4. DC speaks 3 languages, knows his math facts, reads and writes, and can type faster than a court recorder. He knows his countries and knows history more than he needs at his age. I don't credit Reggio or co-op for that. I just didn't want schooling to get in the way, and Montessori seemed the worst fit. 
I know only one child who I thought would fit into Montessori, but his mom was so against the idea when I mentioned it. She clearly had made up her mind way before I knew about Montessori.[/quote]

Yeah, when we visited a Montessori school, we thought it was awful too. I remember one kid came up to us to show us something she made and the parent who was showing us around shooed her away, saying “go do your work.”

It was just so weird and seemingly just not joyful.[/quote]

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