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[quote=Anonymous]As others have said, the teachers make a big difference in the experience, and there can be some major variations in how places called "Montessori schools" actually do things.  Although there's a general methodology, there's an extremely large amount of variation and no real "governing body" that determines how things are done from one school to the other.  So an experience at one Montessori school may be very different from an experience at another (more so even than in some other methodologies like Waldorf, which in my understanding is more standardized if you want to use the name "Waldorf").

I personally went to Montessori preschool and loved it, but it was not a great fit for me socially, as I was a very shy kid.  Social skills were not encouraged or "taught," and so I could happily sit on my own and work on my own projects, but I ultimately wasn't learning the social skills I would need in kindergarten.  As an only child and someone who preferred to keep to herself, this wasn't ideal for me (even if it was comfortable).

Your comments make me wonder if the methodology just wasn't a good fit for your kid, just like it wasn't for me.[/quote]

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