Then there was the Montessori pre-K we visited but did NOT attend in which the kids listened silently to a LONG Dr. Seuss book for something like 20 minutes without even breathing loudly! No one asked questions, commented on the pictures, or interacted in ANY way with the teacher! It was creepy! When my 3yo son asked a question about the book, a litle girl beside him shushed him before the words were out of his mouth.
It didn't get better when they moved to their work. It was the quietest room I ever saw. I felt like I'd entered the pre-K from the Stepford Wives!
Not a great place for an active, talkative, social boy!!!
When we left, DS said, "I didn't like that school."
"Neither did I, sweetie," I replied, "Neither did I!"
That's the worst and weirdest example I've heard of, but it's a good example of why not all Montessori schools are created equal. <shudder>
The one he went to was just not good at skipping the "easy" work, though they had promised up-front that they would. Remember: they can sell you the moon and the stars when you're school-hunting; the question is really will they deliver? Ours did not. Some do! (Thank goodness!)
