Posts by Faerieshadow

For a lot of reasons I'm getting fed up with our Montessori school, and I'm starting to regret keeping my son in the same classroom with the same teacher for three years.  At the moment I feel like I've done him a disservice...

One girl, I certainly don't let him think it's "ok" to disrupt others at school.  We have plenty of talks about that, and yes he knows perfectly well that I'm on par with his teacher when it comes to doing his work and...

Yep.  Sadly the reason we continue to use this school is because of the complete lack of any other options.  There's public school, a couple Catholic schools within a 30 mile radius, and a Baptist school - all of which use...

Excellent idea!  It could feasibly be a win win situation if I could make it a fun Mommy bonding time while we work on his journal.  And I think I have the right especially at a M school to tweak the topic if necessary,...

I almost forgot... it seems one of his major roadblocks is journal time.  When he comes home with work to do it's almost always because they had a journal asignment (they get topics like "talk about your favorite...

Whooo sorry it took me so long to make it back to this thread! I started nursing school this semester and things are crazy busy - which is definitely one reason why i can't take him in late or anything - plus since he's in first grade...

My DS has been at his Montessori school since he was 4.  He's now 6, in the first grade, in a K-2 classroom.  He's always been more of a dawdler, but lately it's gotten out of control.  He's extremely bright, reading far...

That is very encouraging! My husband's biggest concern (and mine) is handling homeschool plus my own studying, but I think it can be done. I think what will ACTUALLY be the deciding factor is his capability to keep them occupied and...

(x-posted) Has anyone tried this/made this work? I'll be starting a BSN program in January. My son, 6, is currently in Montessori school that is not panning out to be very Montessori in his upper level classroom. My daughter, 2, would...

Has anyone tried this/made this work? I'll be starting a BSN program in January. My son, 6, is currently in Montessori school that is not panning out to be very Montessori in his upper level classroom. My daughter, 2, would be...