All, thank so much. This is a really interesting discussion. My daughter does seem really happy. My concern is only because she is very compliant, and I DO want her to be challenged and engaged. I have no interested in comparing her to her age-mates, but I did wonder if perhaps the non-comparison and her compliance was keeping her for engagement, if that makes sense.

I'm not worried. It was really more of a curiosity, since there seems to be as much discussion about montessori and I had been noticing some things with her and her classmates.