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My daughter is going to a private Montessori kindergarden. First year was terrible, her educator constantly complained about her, she wasn't eating at all, a l
by raducu 5y ago
My daughter is going to a private Montessori kindergarden.
First year was terrible, her educator constantly complained about her, she wasn't eating at all, a lot of days she wasn't sleeping, there were days they called us to pick her up in the middle of the day because she was inconsolable.
The moment she switched educators everything resolved -- she started eating, no more tantrums, sleeping, doing great in her activities.
Montessori is as good as the individual educators are.
Looking back I can see all the red flags -- the fact that I know about the on-and-off divorce of the first educator from her alcoholic husband tells a lot. And there were all sorts of passive-aggressive little things like "Dear parents, tomorrow will be my birthday, I will spend the time with my family and not at work, that is the way we do things here...."
- mcv 5y ago> Montessori is as good as the individual educators are. I think that's true for any school system. Of course society tried to capture and automate whatever it is that makes good education, but the simply fact is that it always requires individual attention. We need to invest more in good teachers, and in a system that's flexible enough that every kid ends up in a class where they fit.
- oo0shiny 5y agoOne of the main problems with Montessori schools is that anyone can call themselves a Montessori school, since Montessori is more of a philosophy rather than a certified set of rules/guidelines. So the quality of Montessori schools can vary greatly even down to the classroom/teacher level, due to a lack of standardization on teacher education, teacher training philosophies, and school philosophies.