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Originally Posted by sarahr  We're considering putting dd into a montessori school for one year, when she's 5. She will have finished 2 years of a play-based nursery school, but won't be old enough for kindergarten (she has a fall birthday).
Will she be able to jump into the lessons/work that are appropriate for what she already knows or will she need to start with whatever the 3 year olds are starting with?
Any other pitfalls I should be thinking about when coming late to what is supposed to be a 3 year program?
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My DD just started and she is 4 (so she would be in normal VPK/Pre-K). My DS is 3. They both just started this fall. DS is obviously starting at the beginning, and DD did have to as well (even though she completed the VPK program last school year, a year early than most)....but she progressed pretty fast. She's now been introduced to the decimal lesson with the 1000 golden beads, so she's almost where she should be....I think its quite amazing how much she has learned already, and its only been 7 weeks!
So, yes, she will have to start from the beginning, but because she's older, she will probably develop the concepts faster than the 3 year olds, at least in terms of math and reading. That being said, they had to regress my DD in how she was learning how to write/read. They put her back to lesson 1 with the short vowels, simply because thats their method. Now, given the fact that her and her brother essentially started the same place....she is light years ahead of him, understandably so.
So, my point is, yes, they will start at the 3-year items until she shows proficiency, but she'll progress much faster than the 3 year olds, and by the end of the calendar year, she will probably be on par with her peer group.
Hope that helps.
