My son is just about to go to preschool and we have a school picked out. It's a local Montessori school. Has anyone had experiences that they could tell me about? I'm just hopping that I make the right decision.
2006-07-31 10:56:02 · 6 answers · asked by marleyjlee 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Yes you have!!! I have taught both traditional preschool and Montessori (Montessori for 11 years). I will never go back to traditional preschool. Montessori is amazing! I see so many differences between children who have gone through both. Children who go to a Montessori schools are more confident, orderly, focused, coordinated, and independent then children who have gone through traditional preschool. They are great problem solvers, adaptable, and learn to make decisions at an early age. Here are some comparisons of Montessori and traditional education. http://www.alexandermontessori.com/about...
You've made a good choice!
2006-07-31 11:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by marnonyahoo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Make sure that the Montessori school also has group activities- group story time, etc. Strict Montessori schools are based on children doing things individually- making their own choices, which is fine, but preschoolers need the group experiences, too!
from a grandma-aged person
2006-07-31 12:16:32 · answer #2 · answered by PeggyS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Montessouri schools are amazing schools and are definitely worth enrolling your son in if you can afford the somewhat pricey tuition costs. Like an above user suggested, definitely schedule a drop-in a take a tour, especially of a class the age group of your child. In a Montessouri school, you're going to want a small child-to-teacher ratio (rather like five kids to one teacher), and a big classroom with lots of manipulatives and hands-on activities. What I've done before is gone and asked the kids themselves (in a class or two ahead, especially if your son can barely talk - don't know if you're talking about 2K or 3K or 4K) how they liked it - the best opinions come from the kids and parents who have been down the same road before.
2006-07-31 15:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that would be an excellent choice as long as they teach them. I tell you this because one preschool my brother went to wasnt good. My parents figured out that they were not really teaching and doing their job. They would just let the kids play so my mom took him to a pre school for kids ahead of the level of preschool. Like a pre school for children like a magnet school. He would get bored in that class to because when he was 3 and 2 I taught him different things before he actually went to school.
2006-07-31 11:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by Cinnamon Doll™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you live in California i can give you a very good school for your son now but the school that you are talking about is okay and all but first before you enroll him i want you to look this is up and compare Montessori to Aspire Public Schools :
California College Preparatory Academy (aka:Cal Prep)
this one is located at 6200 San Pablo Ave, Oakland,94806 from Kinder-12th grade just lie that your son is 5 or 6years old
now if you would like to you could look it up go to goggle and then type in Aspire Public School and you will see that is a very good school i guarantee it!!!
2006-07-31 11:18:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Montissori's are excellent schools. However, as a mother of three, and also as one who has either worked in or run my own daycare for the past ten years.....The best thing that you can do to assure that this is a quality school is to make an unplanned. unnannouced visit to the school. The most hectic time of day for tehm is after lunch just before nap time. This is when you need to make you visit. Good luck and please, anybody reading this, do not simply trust a faciltity because it looks nice. Please do your research and check into it and ALWAYS make an unplanned visit!!!!
2006-07-31 11:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋