Montessori school education

[somegroovychick]

@Niksik

I agree with your very last paragraph.

Also, you are right that perhaps this was an unusual set up. The class was really all brown and beige. No color. And I asked the teacher if this is just one part of their classroom but that was it.

My other concern was the you have new arrivals from back home who come in and get their Montessori teacher certificate. They don’t know much about life in US and have “strange accents.” There’s this one Montessori where my Indian friend teaches and she tells me that at least 40% of their teachers are from other countries. I respect diversity but I would be a bit concerned about what my child is listening to in terms of the local perspective, use of the English language…

Please note that I am not trying to put any system down but I really want to know the worth of spending so much money before I make a decision.

niks, thats why its SO important that you send your child to an actual montessori and not to a montessori off-shoot.
the only valid program that i know of, through my mum and my cousin, is AMI - http://www.montessori-ami.org/
if your child’s teacher is AMI taught and certified, then she should be practicing Montessori correctly and teaching your child properly. the others like TMI, etc., are all offshoots started by people who attended AMI but in fact follow different curriculum’s and teach their students (i.e. future Montessori teachers) differently.
check the link i’ve posted to find a school.

mehnaz, in an actual montessori setting, someone with an ECE degree would NOT be allowed to practice.
the montessori program itself is very rigorous and thorough.