We looked at a number of Montessori schools. Some were good, some not so much.
At first, his school was a great fit for Mr W due to the high degree of flexibility. They still have that flexibility. But he has exhausted what they can teach him.
But Mr W needs a lot more and it is exhausting to get home with him and have to do all his large puzzles (48+ pieces) and then read with him, which they cannot do because all of the other kids cannot do this.
I feel we are in a holding pattern now until he can read by himself.
Once he can read by himself, I think we'll have no problems getting the school to let him have reading time. But I fear the clash will come when he wants to read for hours vs minutes.
DW is due with number two at the end of the year and that may be the time to go with his old Spanish nanny so he can read and progress at his pace again - until he starts school for real. She was over last weekend and it was fun to listen to them converse in Spanish.
A friend's son who started at a great PS last fall when the local ISD said they could do nothing for him really enjoys the PS program. So that may be the place for Mr W.
I fear we may come to see the school as a daycare and not as a place of learning. Right now that is what Montessori is. It was not that way at first. But it is now.
