I love the idea of Montessori, but have often wished for something that was geared more for homeschooling a child in the Montessori method, as everything seems to be for the classroom. The idea that children should start Montessori schooling before age 3, which means sending them to a school is the one area that makes me uncomfortable with the method.
I think a child of that age should be with Mama if at all possible!
So I was very happy to hear about a new Montessori homeschool program for ages 3 to 6. If you are interested you can check it out at NAMC! This program includes curriculum and materials, and looks great!
Have a beautiful day! :)
I'm on the same page as you are, but remember Maria Montessori worked in a children's house, she wasn't speaking as a mother ;) Also at home you're not required to teach anything or meet any standards, so there is more freedom to mix & match what you feel works. I've no real knowledge of the montessori method to speak of, but am very interested in reading more about it. I have a first edition Dutch translation off her book from 1916, bit hard to get through... I went from homeschooling with worktrays to unschooling and am now veering back towards more montessori style workperiods.
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I feel montessori is a lot about attitude towards the child and prepared environments something easily integrated into home-life.
Looks like a neat program. It's too late for us to spend that much money to start now, but I wish we'd known about it sooner!
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