Unlike some private schools, which strive for very small classes, Montessori values the lessons of community when the size of the class is somewhat larger. Montessori classes for children above the infant & toddler level might include 20\u201330 students whose ages span 3 years. All members of the community benefit from this setup. Older students are proud to act as role models; younger ones feel supported and gain confidence about the challenges ahead. Feel free to ask<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Montessori realized that children\u2019s play is their work\u2014their effort to master their own bodies and environment\u2014and out of respect she used the term \u201cwork\u201d to describe all their classroom activities. Montessori students work hard, but they don\u2019t experience it as drudgery; rather, it\u2019s an expression of their natural curiosity and desire to learn. Feel free to ask<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Although students are free to work at their own pace, they\u2019re not doing it alone. The Montessori teacher closely observes each child and provides materials and activities that advance his learning by building on skills and knowledge already gained. This gentle guidance helps him master the challenge at hand\u2014and protects him from moving on before he\u2019s ready, which is what actually causes children to \u201cfall behind.\u201d Feel free to ask<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Montessori teachers are educated as \u201cgeneralists,\u201d qualified to teach all sections of the curriculum. But many schools choose to also employ specialists in certain subjects, including art, music, foreign language, physical education, and science. Feel free to ask<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Montessori schools generally don\u2019t believe in the concept of standardized testing as other schools. However, we do conduct checkpoints at period intervals to track the progress of our children. These checkpoints help in determining the pace of lessons for our children. However, as students reach 6th grade, training in the form of internal standardized exams is given to help students transition into the requirements of board exams for higher grades. Feel free to ask<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a small but growing body of well-designed research comparing Montessori students to those in traditional schools. These suggest that in academic subjects, Montessori students perform as well as or better than their non-Montessori peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In one study, for example, children who had attended Montessori schools at the preschool and elementary levels earned higher scores in high school on standardized math and science tests. Another study found that the essays of 12-year-old Montessori students were more creative and used more complex sentence structures than those produced by the non-Montessori group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How many students are typically in a Montessori class? Unlike some private schools, which strive for very small classes, Montessori values the lessons of community when the size of the class is somewhat larger. Montessori classes for children above the infant & toddler level might include 20\u201330 students whose ages span 3 years. All members… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flomont.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why are Montessori schools all work and no play?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If children work at their own pace don\u2019t they fall behind? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Is it true that Montessori students have the same teacher for all subjects rather than work with \u201cspecialists\u201d in different curricular areas?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Do Montessori students take standardized tests?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How well do Montessori students do compared to students in non-Montessori schools?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n