Montessori schools

[tractorface]

Anyone out there in TDR land have any experience with Montessori Schools. The wife and I have been looking at different nursery schools for my son and were very impressed by The Montessori school we visited.



We both could not believe how well behaved the children were not to mention the "lessons" they were working on. I asked the director if they ever "kicked" any children out for mis-behaving. :-laf She assured me my son would learn similar behavior very quickly and all without beating him black and blue :-laf I'll believe it when I see it



A bit more $$$ than most we have looked at but much more impressive results also (only had a 45 minute classroom observation but..... )



Thanks for any input... Good or bad.

 

[bighammer]

My son is in 2nd grade at the Montessori school here. He went to preschool and kindergarten in the public school and then went to the Montessori for their summer program so I could start building our house. He was stimulated by the materials in the classrooms, we were impressed with the staff and the Montessori way of doing things. It was sort of a tough decision because the public school is so good and close to home.