I am looking into placing an order from
www.montessorioutlet.com but I'm having some second thoughts. I don't want to sound cheap but I'm starting to wonder if she really need $$$$ worth of materials to learn basic math. It'd still come out cheaper than sending her to a Montessori school but yikes, these things are expensive; chaining 1,000 beads as a DIY project does not sound too appealing either.
For my boys it would most certainly be a waste of $. They don't like to be taught anything. They learn by absorbing information and observing. DS4.9 first learned math from Vtech V.smile games and later got into higher math with Leapfrog Leappad games and DS3.2 went straight to the Leappad and now Kindle apps to learn math. As for reading DS4.9 isn't reading yet, just knows a lot of sight words but he has no interest in reading. I am pretty sure he would get it in a day or two if he actually wanted to. He's very ready, just unmotivated. DS3.2 self taught himself how to read. He loved watching Leapfrog, Super Why and Wordworld videos, knew phonetic sounds very early on and just figured it out. Actually spending money on learning material for them would truly be a waste. Unless it's video games they get for birthdays and other occasions. I do have a Dreambox and Ooka Island subscriptions for DS4.9 but he hasn't touched the computer in over a week. He loves both and loves computer games but takes days / weeks worth of breaks, which I'm happy about.
DS3.2 doesn't talk much yet and keeps to himself and learns mainly by observation but DS4.9 never stops talking and asking questions. Even when he's playing games, his mind is still going in 3 other directions just so he doesn't miss a thing.
So I would probably see what you can make or imitate for a lot less money than spend so much $ not knowing if it will be worth it??
