is montessori right for my child?

[jojoye]

montessori as meant to breed factory workers in the early 1900s..it's not meant to be the way to breed future leaders

i did however go for a month of class....and picked up a few good habits like putting hand on lap until food is ready for everyone, pushing the chair in and out of the table etc. my kid was not too excited from the experience though. i went to the one in tinhau.

 

[somebodyfamous]

Hey jojoye, you've got your facts mixed up. MOST schools were designed, at the onset of the Industrial Age, to do two things well: Create an endless supply of factory workers, and foster a desire for "stuff", which would keep manufacturers in business. NOT Montessori schoools.

I'm very excited to see my 4 year old doing Chinese calligraphy and the other one reading her characters to me and forming sentences with the Chinese characters. The pushing chairs in and out of table is just teaching consideration, I like the fact my girls are considerate

 

[HKrookie]

I agree with the previous post about how most of our kids are attending schools that were designed during the Industrial Age. There's a really good YouTube video by RSA on "Changing the education paradigm" - this is a great video as it takes you on a journey on how/why schools were created and the limitations of the design for our children today.

I think, at the end of the day, all school philosophies have their merits. Just because parents doesn't prefer one method doesn't necessarily mean that the method itself is "not right". I think choosing a method depends on what your parental philosophy is. I have always believed that when our children are playing, they are "working". I'm not a huge fan of sitting behind a desk and memorizing words using flash cards, etc...

I originally liked Waldorf for my children when they little babies (e.g., 12months - 3 years), but I think the repetitiveness of the songs that they sing, the breads that they bake, etc...got a little bit boring for my older child. Now, I want to emphasize that it MAY be the school that didn't change the curriculum (my eldest child was singing the same songs he sang when he was 12 months old) so things were getting a little bit TOO predictable at school for my eldest.

 

[flori]

Augustbump, several month have now gone by, what did you ultimately decide to do, and what are your thoughts now?