re: Montessori Education?

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I love that my daughter has time management skills and organizational skills

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i didnt develop these skills until I was 24 years old

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i didnt develop these skills until I was 24 years old

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I am 35 and still working on those skills!!

I've been looking to move my would be 2 year old in september to a better preschool.
I've looked into Montessori, KinderCare and Kids Count.
I'm leaning towards Kids Count.
I ruled out Montessori b/c i didn't like the look of the curriculum and the hours.
I've heard good and bad things about KinderCare.
Thy are all ridiculously expensive. $700-$800 month.

Haven't heard anything about Kids Count, but it looks good and we are scheduling a visit there.
Oldest is starting Our Lady of Mercy so we are looking for a daycare nearby for the youngen.

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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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They probably have fewer students. Not to mention HOW much individualized ed occurs at pre-k and K.

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Hello all,

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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I have some issues with the theoretical foundations (Constructivistic) because the empirical results indicate that it is not the best method overall, in terms of academic achievement. Although, "discovery" type learning can be useful, it's most effective when it is used to supplement the teacher's direct instruction and feedback, not the other way around (some advocate for minimal teacher feedback altogether). For the pre-k level, though, this may not be that important.

In addition, I would bet that some school or teachers, employ a more reasonable approach to discovery learning (i.e., as a support; still values direct instruction and corrective feedback) so it may just be very school specific.