Thanks Buds, appreciate all your input here;)

Along the way, also many input from soo many others, really a very informative thread.

Btw, just for info. I visited spring Montessori near dairy farm bukit panjang.
It’s a very clean place and when I went, the kids were working having their activities.each child was involved in their activity with the directness by the side.Liked the small class size and the owner seemed very nice too.

Am still considering them, but they are on the steep side and harder to. Convince Dh.
Who feels my boy too young to have such expensive tuitiom.

If distance and fees are ok, I think it’s a place worth visiting.

Oops, sorry for my earlier long post, should. Send pm instead ?

Wah buds, you are really capable to handle 4 kids;)

Hi all,

I have been ploughing the thread for the last 3 nites but think i managed to reacd only till post 100 and kinda of zonked already.
I know someone, maybe Buds? mentioned some books to read up on montessori method or doing some activity with the child at home?
I cant remember which post it is on, but could someone please kindly guide me along?

I was from mainstream background as an educator for many years and left my job when my little one was born and i am enjoying every moment staying home with him.
He’s now 15 months and i am considering putting him in some playgroup or half day childcare for interaction and also for myself to work on some home based work.

I had a few rare occasions when the young ones who came into our school were from montessori backgroudn and my colleagues had commented how 'disruptive’they were cos they could not sit still in a class and was always roaming and i had wondered then, how prepared montessori trained children were.
I didnt had much contact with these young ones as i spent more time with the older age group.
In fact , my little one is truly my first experience in handling such a young kid:)

However, as i read up alittle more on montessori , and through observing my own boy, i believe that montessori truly is the way to go.
He stated exploring his spoon and bowl and one day i decided to just drop some pebbles in for him to scoop. I didnt realise then, that montessori trains life skills or develop their senses in a similar manner. Of course, its a far cry from what montessori does, but my son 'has perhaps indicated to me how he wishes to be schooled for the next few years:)

I live in the West and have already visted a few centres. Some are good, especiallly with the teacher and student ratio but may be a little too expensive for me to afford.

I am wonderign if i can truly help him gain some montessori awareness while letting him go through a mainstream playgroup until he reaches 4 , before putting him in a montessori kindergarten or cc then. Or would it be better to put him in now?
The maths montessori method does seem a little complicated to me. I am not sure if reading up will help be enough for me to teach me?
I did visit MMI at beauty world (formerly at ten mile) . I did like the relatively clean environment and bright lighting, but i wonder if they are too commercialised already.
The staff there kept assuring me that it would be good to put my son in when he turned 18 months instead of waiting till he was older.
Does any one have any experience with this?

thanks soo much in advamce, everyone.