Submitted by Dave (not verified) on October 3, 2008 - 6:14pm.
A Montessori school is one of my clients (web shop) and in redoing their site I was privy to the full tour of the facility, tons of their literature, very long talks about what the concepts and methods are, etc. It was only a brief brush with them, but it was enough for me to know that it certainly wasn't for me or what I wanted for my child. On the surface it seemed very intriguing, but the more I heard and saw the more it seemed almost like.... well, I won't get into it too much because I understand there may be some fans of the concept on here and I don't want to offend. I'll stop at saying that I didn't want my child to become a zombie. "Rigid freedom" is probably how I would describe my impression of it best.
If you learn more and disagree with my opinions, I still wish you and your child the best with the program. Like I said, I just knew it wasn't for me.
Re: Montessori Schools
A Montessori school is one of my clients (web shop) and in redoing their site I was privy to the full tour of the facility, tons of their literature, very long talks about what the concepts and methods are, etc. It was only a brief brush with them, but it was enough for me to know that it certainly wasn't for me or what I wanted for my child. On the surface it seemed very intriguing, but the more I heard and saw the more it seemed almost like.... well, I won't get into it too much because I understand there may be some fans of the concept on here and I don't want to offend. I'll stop at saying that I didn't want my child to become a zombie. "Rigid freedom" is probably how I would describe my impression of it best.
If you learn more and disagree with my opinions, I still wish you and your child the best with the program. Like I said, I just knew it wasn't for me.