All About Montessori

[Maize]

pinkitty:

Maize:

[quote=\"kimberly\"]Sorry Forgot to add on,


Summer Montessori has enrichment each Saturday for 1.5hrs. Montessori Language and Mathematics. There are 2 teachers in the class, one main and one aide for maximum 8 children.

Kimberly.

Hi

Do you have a number to call so I can ask how much they charge etc?

I tried to look at their blog but no contact number

Hi Maize,

I will PM you the teacher's number ...

I am thinking of putting my son there.. but wondering how's the feedback so far.. any parent whose child is there?[/quote]Thank you !

[phtthp]

be aware ...


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25879&start=20

[buds]

Hi frenz, many apologies.. i am no longer active in this site hence will try to reply in detail to all who've posted some queries for me; individually via pm for now. I cannot promise replies will be speedy but promise you'd get them n will try my best to reply to the ones who posted the earliest to the latest.. Miss chatting up with you guys.

[doveymum]

Hi any feedback on innate monetessori in jurong kechil and Casa monetessori in turf city ? Appreciate yr sharing

[cutebabylucky]

I am new to this forum.I do agree the teaching method in Montessori. I am eager to find a good reputation montessori CC coz my daughter will enter N2 next year.Now i live in sengkang and later will move in tao payoh. My daughter was bron in 2008 and after one year CC she do not learn too much. So i must let her go to a good montessori. Pls do not recommend the sengkang MMI(some mother had withdrawed coz lazy teacher) and paris ris MMI(very good but long queue).So pls help to recommend other good reputation montessoris. Then i will make a decision that if i need to move to tao payoh or stay in sengkang. I am very appreciated if you can share your experience with me. thanks

[phtthp]

hi cutebabylucky,


not sure how Montessori childcare centre (cc) runs their Montessori curriculum program differently from a Montessori kindergarten (can be 3 hrs, 3.5 hrs or 4 hrs).

like you - i had the experience putting my child with a so called Montessori cc before, so nowadays i'm bit scared & apprehensive. i don't quite trust Montessori cc.

so far, the few montessori kindergarten that had given me confidence after visiting & exploring (around my area) and after reviewing their students' work are:-

a) Lumiere montessori kindergarten (Serangoon).

b) Charis montessori kindergarten (Kembangan) - talk to Principal and founder (Roland)

c) Totsville montessori (Bishan) - talk to Principal Serene (founder).

do not straightaway enrol yr child into a montessori cc, without checking out the kindergarten first.

perhaps what you can do is ... visit Lumiere and Charis montessori kindergarten first. Gain a perspective first how they teach kids, using the montessori style. Review all their students' school work. Once you understand how the school teach, the approach, the methodology used, then you go back and visit that montessori cc you are interested in, this time. See if it gives you the same kind of confidence level that you had before. if after visiting 1st montessori cc still leaves you highly unsatisfied, then visit 2nd, 3rd, 4th cc, if necessary. With each fresh new visit - you learn more, as you see something new, something different from another perspective.

after doing the necessary ground work, then you decide - based on the curriculum offered, do you want to settle for a montessori cc or a montessori kindergarten ? which do you think - eventually suits your child better, at the end of the day ?

for me, i think put a child in a montessori based kindergarten and then supplement with enrichment (if necessary) for his weak area(s) - is the best. Morning, the child studies in kindergarten. Evening time after sufficient sleep & rest, send the child to enrichment (if is really needed). That way, he or she can get the best moral character good grounding education, and also academic wise, is sufficiently well prepared for P1.

you may read feedback on page 82 shared by a parent (jul04) who had done lots of ground work, by visiting some centres around Toa Payoh (the same area that you're interested in):-
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=906&start=820

[cutebabylucky]

thanks phtthp for your suggestion and genious sharing. I can not put my daugher into kindergarten coz i need to work. So i only can choose childcare. So pls mummy continue to recomend good repution montessori childcare. thanks

[cutebabylucky]

thanks buds PM to me. I check all of them. All of the childcare use air-con.This is a big concern to me coz my daughter is easy to get illness if stay long time. So pls PM me more montessori meet below condition:

1. havd good educational skill
2.air-con
3.near to sengkang or tao payoh

[popkorn]

Hi Cutebabylucky


I am enrolling my daughter to bridges monte. Non air-con. At Punggol. Education skill seems good to me. Maybe Buds will know more it.

[jancy]

jul04:

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The ants on apple is in stock now at Right To Learn

Just bought mine yesterday when they had the store wide sale.
You can visit their store or purchase online at :
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