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22:14 PP in response to 7:36:  First, I think Montessori through K is great. My comment was after K.  In response to your question: The lack of homework and lack of tests which results in lack of study skills made the transition harder. Eventually Montessori ends, and private or public, the kids have to adapt to homework and tests.  Reason 2: because Montessori classrooms are multi-grade, there isn’t enough peer socialization.  Montessori aims at having 8 kids per grade in a classroom, 4 of each sex.  Having only at most 3 other kids of the same sex and grade in my kids’ class wasn’t enough in 1st -3rd.  Added to this is Montessori kids typically stay with the same kids in the class all day verses recombining groups for English, Math, etc. like some schools do.  The belief that the grades mingle and counsel each other isn’t true on a daily bases – kids gravitate towards kids their age. Reason 3: There is a common belief that ADHD kids do well in a Montessori environment and so there are a lot of them in the classrooms.  Our experience was too much teacher time was spent directing these kids and our kids lost out.   Reason 4: “True” Montessori schools follow the method that was developed in the 1900s.  “Montessori based” schools are criticized by “true” Montessori believers.  However, I want my kids at a school that is constantly evaluating their curriculum and modifying it. “True” Montessori schools don’t do this and the teachers/administrators hide behind any criticism to their approach stating that it’s not the “Montessori way”.  In reality, kids in “True” Montessori schools are stuck in an educational program that was developed in the 1900s.  I think it’s a great base, but should be reevaluated, expanded and updated.[/quote]

I am sorry, but your facts are just plain wrong.  Maybe you are interpreting your experience of Montessori at one school as the whole program.  It also makes a difference if you were in an AMI school or not (sounds like you were).

I went to an accredited AMS Montessori school through 8th grade.  We took tests, including standardized tests, and had homework.  At my school, if you scored below 90% on a test you had not learned the material and you would re-do the work and test until you made a 90 percent.  By the time I graduated 8th grade, I had better independent study skills than anyone in my public, traditional high school.  I also scored in the top 5% on the Iowa Test of Standardized skills.

As for not adapting and teaching what they learned in the 1900s, that is just ridiculous.  We had computers, learned updated science curricula, etc.

I am not discounting your experience, but globalizing it to include all of Montessori is incorrect.[/quote]

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