Okay here is the most commonly asked question “what is the difference between Kindergarten and Montessori System?”
You guys can find lots of answers for that here on the internet but what I’ve observed is, the answers have those very difficult terms which not everybody can understand especially those parents who aren’t aware at all of the Montessori system.
Let’s start with Kindergarten first as most of us knows it already. It is the very system we have in our schools here. The one we call the traditional system. Where we learn a particular topic of a subject together, have deadlines to submit our assignments, prepare for examinations etc etc. In this system, our teachers are our leaders and we follow them.
While Montessorians disagree with the idea that all children learn in the exact same way at the exact same time of their life. Every child has their own interests and mood. A child learns through experience. The Directress is there to guide not to teach or give orders.
A Montessori classroom have lots of materials which they use to clear concepts. Like instead of showing the symbols “1″, “2″ while introducing numbers, they use Number Rods, and the Directress says “1″ while showing the smallest rod that represents one, then goes on with “2″ while showing the rod which is bigger than the first rod with 2 sections. In this way the child will learn counting till ten and then they are shown the symbols. By the time they see the symbols , they already know what they are, when they see 1 , they know what is one because the counted “1″ already using the concrete materials. In this way Montessori has materials for everything. As your child turns 6, you will know that your child is smart enough to go the next stage of his life.
I won’t bore you with lots of details and instead gave you the shortest explanation I can.
