Comments on: Hunting For A Preschool?

By: teacher amy

teacher amy — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:37:18 +0000

I’m late finding your blog and joining in on this conversation, Global Mama, but I love it! I am a Montessori teacher by training, but throughout the past few years, I have fallen in love with many aspects of Waldorf. My new dream is to have a beautiful, peaceful, child-centered classroom that incorporates the Montessori philosophy with more open-ended, Waldorf-inspired dramatic play areas. In my opinion, both philosophies are missing something; I think that developmentally appropriate reading, writing, and math activities should be available for children who are interested and ready for that kind of work, and I also think that creative, dramatic play is essential for early childhood and should also be available to children. Both approaches value attractive,orderly environments, exploring and honoring the natural world, cultivating peacefulness, nurturing creativity and the arts, respecting folklore and culture, teaching children handicrafts and practical living skills; I think there is so much in common that they could be blended beautifully. I think it is all about finding balance and not getting to dogmatic about any one approach; we need to truly observe and follow the lead of the child.

By: Hunting For A Preschool, Part 4: Charlotte Mason, A Homeschooling Approach — Global Mama

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:08:47 +0000

[...] an ongoing series about finding the right preschool for your family; you can read the introduction here. The first posts covered Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio-Inspired [...]

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:57:54 +0000

This is an excellent resource. My children started in a Reggio-inspired school, but have now moved to Montessori. I found that my older daughter, who is shy, was getting lost in the class-led learning of Reggio. We love the ordered and thoughtful Montessori classroom and I am constantly blown away by the math curriculum, but your image from the Reggio school makes me miss that messy art! Ellen’s last blog post..Make a String Bikini for Barbie!

By: Hunting For A Preschool, Part 3: Reggio-Inspired — Global Mama

Hunting For A Preschool, Part 3: Reggio-Inspired — Global Mama — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:09:03 +0000

[...] an ongoing series about finding the right preschool for your family; you can read the introduction here. The first posts covered Montessori and Waldorf [...]

By: Hunting For A Preschool, Part 1: Montessori — Global Mama

Hunting For A Preschool, Part 1: Montessori — Global Mama — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:21:12 +0000

[...] process of finding a preschool. I will do my best through this series (read the intro to series here) to give an unbiased look at each type of school so that you can take all of the information and [...]

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:53:17 +0000

I'm starting to look for preschools now for my daughter and it sure is filled with a lot of options. Thanks for offering some insight into what can sometimes be a stressful and overwhelming situation. Shannon’s last blog post..how about a button ring?

By: Alison Kerr

Alison Kerr — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:02:42 +0000

I love both Montessori and homeschooling – done them both, as well as Scottish preschool. I keep hearing about people doing Forest School and I want to do an interview for my blog about it… sometime