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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can go sit in on a class at LAMB. The first time you see it, it's kinda hard to believe. The classrooms are silent. You have 30 little kids working and the classroom is so quiet it's hard to believe it's real.[/quote]

This is eerie. I'm not sure I'd want this.[/quote]

I’m not a big fan of lamb but I did think it was impressive when I observed a class. That said I think it’s easy for a quiet well behaved kid to slip through the cracks and spend their time reading and coloring all day.  That was my experience with my child. I was told by our teachers that their poor performance on the dc parcc and NWEA were “not a big deal” and due to not “teaching to the test”. That was complete nonsense. I wish I had listened to my gut and moved them earlier. [/quote]

That is exactly the issue with Montessori.  It’s great in early elementary but falls apart in upper.  When kids get to choose what they want to do, they will choose what they like and are strong in.  Instead of focusing on weaknesses, they gravitate to focusing on their strengths.

In contrast, with a structured curriculum, everything is covered and the kids have to do it all.  That is why you hardly see any middle school on a montessori approach and when montessori kids come in, they lack not just rote things as per the PP but core academics and have to catch up.[/quote]

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