All About Montessori
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buds:
Hee....TPE still boleh! :evil: Yishun? Woodland? No prob!cantbearit2:
Hougang to yishun whr got far??? TPE nia mah. :evil: Better than door-step sch but end up wif lousy directress rite?
Wow! :shock: Real man you! :salute:
By the way, it's atas a bit.. yup,
a bit further up from Yishun.
Cause I'm in Oooo-learn. (Woodlands)
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buds:
Hey buds,
Comparing my all time standard fee with outside nia. :rotflmao:
I have told my customers, I am not expensive & that they can recce the market. Plus my sessions are longer. Niwae, thanks sean wife.. It's a good to know that's all. I don't like people to bargain because I know I'm charging cheap for quality plus my students n parents always get extras... in terms of materials and time and personal touch. I can choose not to teach you see so I do feel sad tt some parents try to take advantage n gimme a hard time. Oh well, guess I do pick wrong sometimes. 
To answer your question... for starters, the duration is fine however when they get to the four operations which requires more time for material work (golden beads, small n large number cards, etc)... I personally find it a rush to finish everything in one hour. Especially when working for boss that time, they cram so many children in one Maths class. Because I still did great by the children and exceeded parents' expectations they put more & more students. This compromises time & quality teaching. Each week I also invite parents to learn the ways with us as the Montessori Method is very concrete and it follows on to abstract. The only way parents can understand how it works is by knowing how it's done whether or not they intend to reinforce at home or not.
FYI (mkt research purposes, hee... )
CS montessori charges $180 per mth but for 1.5 hrs. -
Thank you cantbearit2.. this just further affirms
the value for money aspect on my end. -
buds,
what is the name of the montessori pre-school that you had set up ? where is it located ? in Woodlands ? -
phtthp:
phtthp, come join us in PV! yay! more on board!buds,
what is the name of the montessori pre-school that you had set up ? where is it located ? in Woodlands ?
the school is called Buds Montessori
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oh ya, i even have her school website link:
http://www.darlingbuds.ie/index.html
Darling Buds!
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Like i said kabalevsky... you crack me up! :rotflmao:
Cept I'm not in Portlaoise...
Phtthp, i will PM u. -
buds, seriously, why not set up a webby or blog about your classes? some info and pics? think you’d really be very popular…
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Hello buds, I am also interested in the montessori pre-school that you had set up .
Can pm me also. Thanks. -
I checked Summer Montessori in Jurong West already. This is their link. http://summermontessori.blogspot.com/
It is a new set up. I personally like it a lot because the teachers are warm, friendly and patient at explaining everything to me and in their interaction with the kids. They own the school and they teach themselves so I think it is vested interest that they do their best.
However, I am going to be objective here and list what I think are the pros and cons. For anyone living in the west to consider.
Pros
1. Low student:tr ratio.
About 4:1 for Montessori time, and during class there are 2 teachers, 8 kids, for the age group I am interested in, the 2yr old group.
2. Wonderful teachers
Super warm, friendly, patient teachers.
3. Good language modelling
The standard of English used is good, at least from what I observed.
4. Both owners are trained Monte directresses, each with many years of experience.
5. kids have 30-45min Monte time each day.
6. Very affordable fees, since it operates out of HDB RC center.
7. They have very interesting activities: field trips, cooking, acting, music, dress-up, keeping pets like terrapin and fish in the school etc.
8. They have a sound reading program. Using Oxford readers.
Cons
1. Operate out of HDB RC, so there are space constraints. There is a playground right outside the RC but within the school, it is not that spacious.
2. For those who like equal Chinese emphasis, this school has more English emphasis. Chinese takes up about 20-30min each day, but is mainly learnt through songs, stories and poems. I don't see many Chinese posters or books around, although the shelves are stocked with really many very good English books.
3. No transport service. According to the school P, most of the kids walk to school so there is no demand for a school bus yet.
Other points (can be a pro or con, subjective from parent to parent):
1. There is a good mix of Singaporeans and foreigners. Ethnic diversity also pretty diverse.
2. They do quite a lot of worksheets, from what I see. There are projects and books or writing and worksheets for tracing (younger kids) to higher level activities for upper level. Children may move at their own pace. SOme classes will have kids at different levels so they do different worksheets.
3. Snacks are brought from home.
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