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[quote=Anonymous]Any child should be able to thrive in Montessori if the teachers are practicing what the method preaches: that children move at their own pace, that they get scaffolding, and appropriate environments and support for their needs.

Young montessori classrooms tend to be "quiet" with children working individually on their own projects.  However, there's nothing that says that the teacher cannot accommodate children who are active and "in motion" or otherwise have non-silent ways of coping.  So with that,  you're getting whatever skills the teacher happens to have.

Just as with any school, the method doesn't always guarantee good experiences.  For example, there's a Montessori where I live (I'm no longer in the DC area--moved away a little while ago) that has a great reputation particularly with supporting children's emotional and social development, and another that has a reputation for creating a more "Lord of the Flies" environment with kids' poor behavior not being corrected and peer nastiness being more pervasive.

What this means is you have to shop around.  Not all Montessoris are the same.  And you can get a really great non-Montessori education, of course!  Just look for some key components:  child-centered, supportive, challenging, creative, and fun schools with wise and loving teachers.  When you find that, GRAB IT!  :)[/quote]

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