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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] What does the current research say about montessori and early childhood education?[/quote]

Montessori has been largely ignored by academic researchers since an earlier study in 1930s which asserts that it is not a good approach to early education.

I am a mathematician but I found the Montessori way of teaching math very strange, to say the least.  [/quote]

Very interesting.  Would you care to elaborate?[/quote]

For the most up to date research, I would recommend reading "Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius" by Dr. Angeline Lillard published about 2 years ago.  It's the first scientifically based study of outcomes of students in Montessori schools.  There's also a great little book that's just come out on Montessori math called "Math Works."[/quote]

FWIW, our DS is in Montessori, and I think the math materials are fabulous.  He is 4 1/2 and is doing 1st grade math.  His intuitive sense of numbers is much stronger than his older sibling who didn't do Montessori.  The Montessori materials allow kids to go very far in math.  For example, basic counting beads are already teaching kids multiples and multiplication.  Binomial cube teaches seems like a toy, but really shows a 2 dimensional representation of a plus b quantity squared (algebra).  Plus, I think the materials encourage the kind of physical organization that helps kids to be successful in math and represent math in multi-sensory ways.  I love the Montessori math.

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