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What is the difference between Montessori and traditional school?
Unlike traditional schools, preschools or daycare programs, a Montessori environment offers a multi-age-level approach to learning. Students remain with a single teacher for three years. This allows strong bonds to form between the teacher and child, between the teacher and the child’s parents, and between students.
What is special about Montessori schools?
Montessori education recognizes that children learn in different ways, and accommodates all learning styles. Students are free to learn at their own pace, each advancing as he is ready, guided by the teacher and an individualized learning plan.
How does the Montessori approach compare with the way you were educated?
In traditional schools, students attend a variety of classes in which lessons begin and end upon the ringing of the bells. Montessori schools emphasize student inquiry, allow students to pursue their own self-paced curriculum, either individually or in small groups within a freer, less rigid learning environment.
What are the criticisms of Montessori schools?
Criticism #4: Montessori school is only for the upper-class family. This is completely untrue. Montessori schools, like private schools, don’t choose students based on how much money, fame or prestige a family has: they want the best students that will help create the best education and social environments for their students.
What are the benefits of a Montessori education?
Since much of the learning process is self-directed, children can gain a sense of independence and confidence in their abilities much faster than in a traditional school setting. “Students who experience a Montessori classroom tend to be more able to manage themselves and think independently,” Stepien says.
Is Montessori a positive or negative thing?
It is positive on one hand to have confidence, on the other hand, it is negative when your confidence overrides others. Frustratingly you will see a bunch of people writing about how this person or that went to Montessori. Plenty of rich & famous folks went to all kinds of schools.
Is the Montessori approach right for your child?
And the Montessori approach, similarly, has pros and cons. Moreover, it might not be the right fit for your child. It’s about finding a school and a method that works for what you and your child need.