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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dyslexic daughter went to AMI Montessori for 3 years (grade 1-4).  We left in 5th grade and it was the best thing ever.  DD had significant holes in her learning background that the new SN school had to fill in from scratch.  The school was unaccommodating and unwavering in helping any child who didn't fit into a nice neat little box.  For example, they were a hardcore Montessori school that didn't embrace tech at all.  Therefore no Assistive Tech was available for my DD.  When we wanted our DD to use a Chromebook for audiobooks, they sorta let her but were grumpy about it. I think my DD got maybe 3 or so "lessons" from the main teacher a week.  The rest of her time she was on her own trying to teach herself on various topics.   I know YMMV with each Montessori school, but this was just our experience.  [/quote]

Was public any better or did you go specialized school route?[/quote]

PP here.  We started in public for K and part of 1st grade before we went the montessori route and that was a show!  DD floundered in a class of 30 other kids.   DD wasn't a troublemaker and was oft overlooked.

After the montessori/public experience, we felt like "enough is enough" and went to a SN school.  It was only when we were at the SN school did we realize how far behind DD was.  We really had to start from scratch with learning phonics, writing, math, and reading.  DD was going into 5th, but reading on a 1st grade level.  DD excelled in so many ways and is reading on grade level in her SN school.  Montessori just taught things very differently and was all over the place with bead chains, skip counting, checkerboard, racks/tubes, etc..  Again DD would maybe a total of 1 hour of lessons 1:1 with the guide. We needed systematic teaching grounded on O-G, embraced Assistive Tech, and was just more progressive in every which way. The OP may see this as a slight to their SN child, but in reality, it's a blessing (IMO).  [/quote]

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