What's the story, Montessori?

X-post: but Laurel, presumably he was doing that by his own volition, and not because his nursery teacher told him he had to sit down and do it for twenty minutes?

in my experience, the teacher doesn't tell you to do it, you choose to do that activity from a wide variety of available activities.

i went to montessori from k-3rd grade, and when i transferred into public school, i was way ahead of the other kids, but not in a jerky, self righteous kind of way. i think my experience was great and made me really self-sufficient, but i've seen another montessori school (a public montessori in buffalo) that makes me wonder if they're even on the same philosophy.

Yeah, the whole "choosing to do it" bit is pretty crucial to Montessori philosophy.

also, all the kids that went to montessori with me ended up being some of the highest achievers in middle and high school.

but yeah i am a stan for montessori so

my girlfriend went to montessori school till 4th or 5th grade and is smart as fuck, and credits her montessori school education for giving her critical thinking abilities and a love for learning, which were valuable qualities to have in catholic school where she went for the rest of her education