Montessori Education?

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My wife recently became a guardian to her niece, who is almost 4. I was thinking about putting her in a local Montessori program. Anyone here have kids in similar programs. Likes/dislikes? The local school here seems to have a decent reputation and isn't that badly priced.

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Several grandkids doing it presently. It's fine for pre-K, don't think it's worth it for "real" school.

pre k? great. I did that 30 sumodd years ago.

real education...........

I learnt good

My daughter is about to finish her third year at Montessori. The thing I like most about it is they don't make your kid learn what the rest of the kids are learning...They have my daughter learning out of 1st grade work books and she is just now 5...and it works with the rest of her class because of separate lesson plans for each child.

Each kid has his or her own lesson plan each week and if they are doing 1st grade level work at 4 then they are doing it if they need to slow down a little bit they can do it.

They teach them to be independent thinkers and ask a lot of questions to learn and retain things outside of school that applies to their lessons.

they also teach them life skills they have activities where the learn to use a spoon to move things from one cup to another, use a screw driver to drive in a screw...many other practical things that seem like a game but it is skills we were all taught later in life that they learn early.

We have been very pleased with my daughter's progress and how much she has learned the last three years.

ETA: She is starting kindergarten next year at the private school my wife teaches at not because it is "not real school past pre-k" more for convenience for my wife after school. My son who is 1 now I think we will send him to the same school his sister is at now because we are extremely pleased.

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My daughter is about to finish her third year at Montessori. The thing I like most about it is they don't make your kid learn what the rest of the kids are learning...They have my daughter learning out of 1st grade work books and she is just now 5...and it works with the rest of her class because of separate lesson plans for each child.

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You may have just sold me on it.

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Are you ok with everyone getting a participation trophy, or do you want to know who won...

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This is not my experience with Montessori at all.

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Are you ok with everyone getting a participation trophy, or do you want to know who won...

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I have heard Montessori is quite the opposite of this from every other person. Was it a private Montessorium or public ran?

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do montesorri school teachers get paid better? it sounds like they have to do more work, make lesson plans for each individual student

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Good question. The program I'm thinking about is kinda pricey. A little more expensive than the Catholic education I received. I'm thinking if it gives her a solid foundation, it's worth it.

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make lesson plans for each individual student

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Well, for the little kids, there is no lesson plan. There's just a bunch of stuff around the room...and the kid uses the stuff that fits his skill level.

If this thread is still relevant this evening, I'll ask my wife to chime in with accurate advice and information about Montessori education. She teaches at a Montessori school.