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In most Montessori schools a day usually ends at
3:00pm(including extended day) and then if children need to
stay longer in the school, other toys are out for the
children to play with.

I guess this is a pretty typical schedule for schools with
long operating hours. I believe Dr. Montessori¡¯s first
children¡¯s house was a kind of daycare setting with children
staying there for much longer hours than our current
preschools. Did her children do Montessori work for the
whole day in the morning and in the afternoon till 6:00pm?
If not, what else activities did the children do? Did they
go outside together as a whole group or going outside was
one of the free choices the children can make? I remember
in one of her book she mentioned that the assistant would
lead a child to the garden if there¡¯s no work in the
classroom interested him (can¡¯t remember clearly, something
like that). But that's one child. What if some other
children also want to go outside?

Did anybody read Dr.Montessori's books talking about a day
schedule? Thanks!  

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