I like montessori because it encourages the child to be independent and to us, that's important. Our son who is 28 months now, he can feed himself at meals almost independent. He started feeding himself probably at 14 months. Well, montessori didn't teach him that but it reinforces the idea of being independent. He likes to help around the house and he comes and asks if he can help. Like I've mentioned, to me academic is not that important at this stage. I'm a trained and qualified teacher and I'm sure I'll be able to help him if he really lags behind in the future. But at this stage, I'm more concern with his social, mental and physical development.