Squonk said:
After Montessori, it is possible that children will be bored their first year in school because they've learnt a lot of the same stuff?
I think that really depends on the child.
My brother was a particularly advanced child, and he was at home full time with my mother, could read etc and was bored senseless in school and acted up no end.
My two year old already knows her ABC and can count to 20 and knows colours etc.
My four year old can write her own name and a few other words, count and add up etc but I don't feel she has gained much by being able to do this ahead of her peers who will learn the same thing in school.
I think free play is very important and in reply to another poster who questioned my opinions on montessori I agree as what is often called montessori here is nothing more than a creche by a fancy name.
Having said that I do not think that a small chaild needs to learn too much before tha ge of 5.
I think being allowed free reign to play and use their imagination is far more important.
I also feel that having plenty of attention and having their confidence built up is way more important than being able to recite their ABC.
Once they start school they will be expected to sit at a desk for the next 13 years learning stuff surely that is enough time to spend in a structured environment.
I think the love and attention of a nana, providing she is the type of nana who is interested and happy with her duty of care is by far the better option than a stuctured environment.