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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year we were really unimpressed with:

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Mundo Verde

People love them so much that we applied anyway (didn't get in), but the open houses were very loud and very underwhelming.  Perhaps they just don't have to even try?

By contrast, we had the opposite experience at 2 Rivers, very warm and seems a great environment.

About Montessori -- kids get to play but instead of playing with, for example, a play kitchen, they get to use a real kitchen.  Have you observed a class?  The kids LOVE it.[/quote]

Montessori parent here. Maria Montessori didn't believe in "play for play's sake" so the "work" in Montessori is deliberate and not kid-driven. The kids are taught how to wash a table, for example. The teacher starts by showing the child the 8 steps in the process... first, take the sponge and dip it in the water... second, wring it out, etc.

I[b]n contrast, a kid-centric play program involves the kids drawing on prior knowledge and experience to play on their own. So, in the kitchen, they may choose to pretend it's a restaurant, or family dinner, or a grocery store or even a school teacher lunchroom if they are really creative. The teachers do not "direct" the play like they do in Montessori.[/b]

My child has been in both. I see value in both approaches as I saw a different type of growth in my child but they are VERY different approaches.[/quote]

Tools of the mind has imaginary play that is directed by the teacher. I've seen one version where students were imaging they were working at a resteruant[/quote]

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