Montessori Mama Rollcall? - Page 5

[gratefulmom]

Corbinsmama~ They don't know who his teacher will be yet, still deciding who is going where, etc.
Our mentor family was not able to make it either. Her name is Laura Wood, my DH spoke with her. I hear there is another family in our neighborhood as well. I will pm you soon, one question...
I got the health form in the mail and it has vax info on it. How are they with non vaxing/selective vaxing???
Great to "meet" you !

[CorbinsMama]

Laura Wood? Hmmm.... I'll have to check on that because there isn't a Laura Wood at our school. Strange.... I had input on who the mentor families should be, and my friend Sue set everyone up so I'll check.

Have no fear about the health form! We don't vax and there are other families who don't as well. When you get your child's physical done, just have the Dr. check that you are opting out of vaxing. No one has ever said a word about it to me.

[britmama3]

Hi,just wanted to join this thread

Originally Posted by flyingspaghettimama

Our child's age/year
How we heard about Montessori
Public, Private, or Homeschool?
What are you considering for elementary, middle school, high school?
Any issues or concerns anticipated during the next year?

- I have a 7 year old just finishing 1st grade in Lower El, and a 5 year old in Pre-Primary (just from 8.30 to 11.30 at the moment but in the fall he'll be in the same classroom full-time for his kindergarten year);

-I researched local area pre-schools and fell in love with the montessori approach.

- Private

- Our school has just opened a Middle school and I would love for my children to attend all the way through. This probably won't happen though as I suspect we will return to our home in the UK before that time and elementary montessori schools are rare in the UK.

- No issues or concerns for the coming year - both sons will be staying in their respective classes where they are thriving! Lucky us!

[gratefulmom]

WEll Megan~ I totally wrote the wrong name down. It's Lauren Long..
Funny, I know she couldnt make the reception because she was teaching a Yoga class and I know a Laura Wood who teaches Yoga..my bad!
Glad to hear about the vax stuff, I was a bit nervous!

[CorbinsMama]

Heehee! Lori, I asked Sue last night if it could be Lauren, and that's who it was! Very funny!

I found out who lives in your neighborhood. I'll PM you.

[madsandandy]

hi,

i wanted to join this thread too.

dd is almost 6. she's been in a private montessori preschool and kgarten and we couldn't be happier.

i've had some relatives that went to montessori and always knew it was great so when it was time for preschool i did some research and knew it was right for dd and us.

she's going to be in a public charter school in the fall for 1st grade that does montessori thru 5th grade. she'll be in a multi-age room with 1st-3rd. i've requested that she have one of the 2 certified montessori teachers so that's one issue. the other 4 are not certified yet...the lower elementary is only 2 years old. we are very excited that she got in to this school (lottery) and hope that everything goes well.

ds is almost 3 and we'll be starting him at the private montessori in the winter i think when he's 3.5.

[mami_guera]

Montessori is AWSOME! I just started working in a Montessori preschool last year. It was a big change for me coming from Head Start. I would not send my children to anyother preschool.

[mightymoo]

I thought I would jump on. We are sending DD to a half day children's house program in the fall. She's 3, its a private school and its AMS.

I would love to send her to Montessori for as long as possible, but I am afraid the cost may be prohibitive. I'm already not sure we haven't overstepped our ability to send our son and possible future child to a children's house program as well. So we'll see.

I had a very hard time in traditional school and I think I would have done much better in a montessori setting, I see my daughter is very much like me at her age and I feel this will be really good for her. She's very bright and I fear the public school system might squash her love of learning. The montessori school we enrolled her in only goes through upper elementary, but there are two schools two towns away (in either direction) which do middle school, so its certainly a possibility. (And who knows if her montessori school may add middle school by that point)

[mami_guera]

Mightymoo- have u checked in to maybe volunteering in the school or checking to see if they take low income child care for preschool aged children? Where I work they do both. Just an idea, cuz Montessori is worth it. I also have a dd who is struggling with public school (not socially) and I feel Montessori would do her wonders but as u say it can be pricey and I already work in the preschool. Good luck!

[eraso]

Montessori Papa here..

My Son is 5 starting Kindergarten. We first heard about Montessori from our sons early intervention therapist...read up on it and decided to go for it when I saw te 20 / 20 about how bad American schools were compared to Europe.
Still pinching myself that we found a montessori charter scool for my boy!

[butternut]

Originally Posted by eraso

Montessori Papa here..

My Son is 5 starting Kindergarten. We first heard about Montessori from our sons early intervention therapist...read up on it and decided to go for it when I saw te 20 / 20 about how bad American schools were compared to Europe.
Still pinching myself that we found a montessori charter scool for my boy!

Now you have got me curious. I live in Europe--what did 20/20 say about European schools compared with American?

[eraso]

That in parts of Europe schools are run as private buisnesses which make them very competative...you get an allocated amount of money per child and you can
shop around. Here if you don't go to private school you must attend the school near where you live.

Also how poorly students do here compared to europe...
Which is funny because we have pretty good higher education
(i guess we need it!!)

[butternut]

Yes, we can choose any school we want. Also, at least in Sweden where I live, the "private" schools are also free. The only difference is that you might have to be on the waiting list to get a place, but as long as there are places available in the school, your child can get in. For us with Montessori, children who have attended M-preschool get bumped to the top of the list, but that is the only advantage they can allow.

[cynwel]

Montessori school in Nashville

Hi, Katydid6... I live in the Nashville, TN area and would really like to find a Montessori school here for my daughter. Where is the school located that you are using? Thanks!!