| my daughter also went to the same group, but she was the first batch of students back in last Feb when they first started the toddler program. I had the same experience & totally agree with you. I had even worst experience than you, my daughter actually freaked out after a certain traumatic event that happened at that school. I still let her stay at Montessori, just made sure i was there everytime she was because i believed that there is a reason why they're doing it & everyone is praising how good the M method is. She spent 10mths there, throughout when i wasn't 100% satisified with how the teachers were, and how they kids were treated. (i saw a 3 yr old girl sitting bare bump (she took off her panties) on the floor in the girl's toilet, just wiggling around on the floor in the bathrm for like 5 mins!) I let my daughter stayed because of the mandarin (she was in the mandarin group).
anyway, when the time came for her to move on to kindergarten, we left. i just didn't feel safe for my daughter to b going to that school by herself. i always hear the teachers shout crossly at the children in the indoor playground, which i didn't believe was the right way to discipline children.
I believe small children should be given the freedom to safely explore within boundaries & to be disciplined in gentle ways. like i believe there are many ways to play creatively with stacking blocks & you don't always have to put the biggest block at the bottom. if you share my views, cheekster, then i highly recommend you pay a visit to highgate house at the peak. it's a waldorf school. the kids are well disciplined, very creative, atmosphere at the school is calm & no one raise there voice. they have a wesbite & you can check it out. my daughter's been there since she 13mths. she's now 3.5 yrs & flourishing.
good luck!  |