is this possible from having a montessori education?

[philkillen]

My english teacher said she went to a montessori school and when she went to a private school, at age 6, was put in 3rd grade, does Montessori schools teach them more advancely?

 

[!ChEWy!]

Montessori is a student led form of education. So it teaches them more advanced stuff if that's where the child is taking things.

 

[TeeHee]

It depends. My nephew was attending a Montessori school since he was 18 mos till age 4, he's now 5 and attends Senior Kindergarten at a public school and is struggling with reading and writing. He's a very bright child but he was never emphazised how to read or write in Montessori so now he's a bit behind. My sister switched him schools just because of distance and wanted him to be used to the real school-Montessori was a private school.But since he's in public school he's learning lots more, and is learning how to read and write and in only 6 mos he's improved a great deal. But when he started he didnt recognize the letters of the alphabet... he just knew the sounds...I think Montessori is great for toddlers/preschoolers.For learning to read, write etc etc I think regular schools are much better. My son is 4 and in a regular daycare and he writes words with help-and is learning phonics, and some math, and can spell his name, his sisters, and Mommy and Daddy without help ) whereas my nephew who's a year and a bit older than him is not quite all the way there yet.

 

[!@#$%^&*]

Let me begin by saying the 2nd person in this list said some things that show a misunderstanding of stuff entirely. Let me clear some of these things up first. I'll quote then reply."My sister switched him schools just because of distance and wanted him to be used to the real school-Montessori was a private school."?? Get used to the REAL school? I'm not sure exactly what that means. However, this is a prime example of why the Montessori method does work. Here's why:"But since he's in public school he's learning lots more, and is learning how to read and write and in only 6 mos he's improved a great deal."See that? In 6 months, he's improved a great deal. That's what happens when you're in a school. Most people don't start Kindergarten knowing how to read. You learn how to read in most Kindergartens and even learn it in first grade. But as a Montessori teacher, I've never had a child leave the classroom after 3 years not knowing how to read. I'm not saying it won't happen sometime, but it hasn't happened yet in almost 8 years."But when he started he didnt (sic) recognize the letters of the alphabet... he just knew the sounds..."So he DID recognize them.To answer your question on whether Montessori schools teach them more, the answer is yes. That does not mean, however, that a student should necessarily move ahead in school because there are other factors to consider as well. Montessori is more about meeting the needs of the whole child, which includes the academic curiosity children have. But in a well-run program, it is also about meeting their needs of social and emotional development. The traditional setting has many teachers that have the same goals in many ways, but it is presented with many challenges. One of the biggest challenges faced by many teachers in traditional educational settings now is the No Child Left Behind law that was passed in 2001. That's a different question and tangent, though.What the Montessori system has is a very systematic method of presenting the materials. Then it provides the children with a 3 hour work period for them to discover things on their own. It's a more natural way of doing things than having someone lecture and show stuff for long periods of time. We also notice where a child is and move them forward, as opposed to holding them back or pushing them forward too quickly, which the current traditional model of education is centered on since it has the whole class doing stuff at the same time. The academic goal of Montessori education is to move each child ahead from where they are. An example I have in my classroom right now ~ there are two 3 year old girls. One of them is where most 3 year olds are in math. She can do a work where she counts out objects 1-9, but sometimes has trouble with what we call 1:1 correspondence. This is where you sometimes skip over counting an object or you count an object twice. Totally normal for a 3 year old to do that. The other girl has that mastered, has mastered numbers into the thousands, has mastered linear counting to at least 100 (she's not done any materials past that yet), and is already doing addition and subtraction works. It is rare to get a 3 year old that is this strong in math, but she's just enjoying the materials and they're working for her.Now, imagine that 2nd girl in a class where all the students have to keep practice 1-9 and identifying those numbers. Or their only goal is to make sure the students can count to 20. Imagine that 1st girl in a classroom where everyone else has mastered 1-9 and they're going on to count to 20. The same classroom can be a hindrance to both those children and be a way that stops them from moving forward.There was another example I'll quickly describe then let you go ;-) I ran into parents of a former student last week while I was visiting home. (They live in the city where I used to live.) He was in my class for one year - I entered his school when he was a kindergartener. This boy, like the girl above, had a strong interest in math. He really mastered a lot of the math materials, so I decided to teach him some stuff from our elementary math program. I wasn't sure quite what to show him, but he did one of the bead chains and folded it up. I showed him how 10 square = 100. Then I decided to explain what a square root was and showed him how the square root of 100 is 10. He went back and did it with the 9 chain (seeing that square root of 81 = 9). He kept going. The next day, since he was interested, I showed him how to figure out square roots of simple numbers with the stamp game. He did this for a while, but you could tell he had it mastered. I skipped a lesson in Montessori, but wanted to show him what I could with square roots, so I showed him how to use the stamp game to make square roots of 4 digit numbers. He absolutely loved it.So a lot depends on the child. In Montessori, it's just a m