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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the bead frame is used to teach base ten numbers in montessori. it’s color coded and easy for my 5 year old to understand. she can skip count and now has a good foundation in number sense, not just wrote learning. [/quote]

That is fine but I do not know how to use a bead frame or an abacus, and we are not using a bead frame at all. I think it is unreasonable to expect parents to be the ones to teach children how to use archaic equipment.[/quote]

the Montessori method is pretty tactile in general -- I get the point in using the various equipment they use because of their understanding of how kids learn.  I don't profess to understand Montessori methods fully, but I think it's just that you make a choice when you enroll your kids, that they will be using these methods and techniques.[/quote]

This. If you’re this annoyed about an abacus you may not be right for Montessori.

Also who sent this email? I never saw anything like this.

And: try looking up how to use an abacus. It’s actually pretty cool.[/quote]

PP wasn't annoyed about the use of tha abacus, but about the expectation she teach it with no support or guidance[/quote]

Good lord. It wasn’t an expectation, just a suggestion for a fun math supporting activity for summer alongside things like “read to your child”. A website to learn more was linked.

Some people… :roll: [/quote]

Completely agree with PP directly above.  It was an end-of-year email from the principal that (without pressuring parents), listed several ideas for those parents who were looking for "enrichment-type" activities to do over the summer.  I actually thought that the suggestion of the abacus was spot on and a really good (cheaper and more easily available) analogue to a Montessori bead board.  I also agree that there are reasons for parents to pay attention to both math and reading skills, and to take PARCC scores as one piece of information along with several other pieces of information.  But outrage over an email providing several suggestions for summer activities (without any implication that parents are expected to teach these skills) seems like an odd place to put your frustration.[/quote]

The LAMB defenders are in the house!

There's no 'outrage'.  Calm down.  A person's mild criticism is that parents are not taught Montessori pedagogy, but there's a suggestion that we should know it.  It's ok.[/quote]

Except there was no suggestion whatsoever of this, so it's complete BS and weird, to be honest.[/quote]

Shhhh....you are making our school look ridiculous.[/quote]

I'm not sure how, but pretty sure it looks ridiculous on every thread where it's mentioned, so.[/quote]

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