Re: Transitioning from Montessori to regular public school

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On 11/02/09, Vivian wrote:
> On 11/01/09, Matt wrote:
>> On 10/24/09, Help! wrote:
>>> Have a student this year who is transitioning to a regular,
>>> traditional public education setting from a Montessori
>>> school. She's having a really hard time adjusting to the
>>> large class size and the procedures that need to be followed
>>> in order to manage the class size. She's used to doing what
>>> she wants to do. Help!
>>
>> I guess my first question would be what are those procedures
>> she is having trouble with? It's hard to help give ideas
>> without those specifics.
>>
>> Matt
>
> My child is having the same issues. It's related to the control
> exerted by the teacher, ask to use the bathroom, ask to get up,
> ask to sharpen pencil, ask to get water, it destroys the
> independence montessori fosters from their first day. It's also
> the change to the larger class groups and the noise level which
> distracts them from focusing on the work at hand. Public school
> appears to be stop and go learning. Start math now, stop after
> 30 minutes. We all take a different amount of time to build
> momentum and get in our learning zone. This momentum is broken
> when they have to start and stop learning on the school's
> timetable
 

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