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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is your kid?[/quote]

I ask how old because we started at Montessori very young, it was only part-time but both of my kids were in it at 2, and it wasn't so clear at the time, but in retrospect, if I knew then what I know now, it would have been easy to tell that a long-term Montessori model would probably work well for one, not so great for the other.   They are now both in Reggio and find the model fits their different styles well.

My older child, who is ahead of most of his class in a reading level in first grade, is extremely distractible.   He thrives where he can play out his fantasies, but he needs pretty constant reminders to stay on task.  His most-focused activities appear to be the "1000 language" tasks that the Reggio model supports.  A child who won't sit still for 20 minutes at home will sit for an hour in school drawing some incredibly elaborate drawings.  (I'm still not sure how his teachers manage it.)  I can't be positive, but my gut is that Montessori probably would[vimeo] not have ended up well for him.

If you have an 18-month-old, it might be able to tell if she's a good fit for one model already (again, I wouldn't have been able to see this at the time.)  Is it difficult to pull her out of tantrums? How does she interact with her peers?  Seeing hers?

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Np here finding this thread helpful. Thanks for the detailed perspectives! My daughter sounds a lot like how you describe your older child, plus she is very social, particularly with adults, and not at all clingy (is that independent?) but of course she's only almost 2.5. I keep going back and forth on applying to Montessori and having trouble knowing how much attention span I could really expect of someone her age. Would love to hear additional thoughts on what personality types worked with different style programs and also how to even assess your own kid's style of play and learning.[/quote]

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