Discovery Montessori School (Central) v. Woodland (Caine Road)

chansiub

DMS 係一間淨係得Montessori toy 嘅學校。用成45分鐘玩toys。Woodland ㄌ就介乎Tutor Time 同DMS 中間。DMS 比較悶但會收一歲小朋友。而Woodland 就收18m and up.  DMS每班少人，有多d attention from the teacher.  DMS 計堂收費，有補堂。Woodland 收定額季費，冇補堂

chansiub

回復 bluigugub 的帖子

Pros of DMS:  Small class size, more attention from the teacher Cons: Really too much time spending on playing the Montessori toys.  The teaching method of DMS is very different from Woodland.  I went to Tutor Time and Woodland playgroup with my boy who is now 3 years old.  I am now going to DMS and Tutor Time with my 1 year old girl.  It is likely that kids who couldn't sit still and is with short attention span will find it hard to participate in DMS playgroup.

chansiub

回復 咪臣 的帖子

Woodland's teacher will not have time for each individual student like DMS.  The teacher of Woodland pg will not demonstrate how to play the Montessori toy.  They have one thing in common:  Students who cry and screem in the class will be kicked out :)

chansiub

要找一個老師能帶動氣氛談何容易。如果能有這一個老師，我想什麼學校或理念，只要是正軌，都值得送小朋友去讀。純montessori的學校對我來說是有點過時。12至18個月的小朋友不應只有那toddler set。用剪刀的概念很好。但集體做artwork的成效不是更好嗎？Maria Montessori 的理念是要透過所謂tools 或我所說的toys去融入生活。但規代Montessori理念只懂copy。 現在是詎離Maria 時代成百年了。課室中只有老遠年代的木頭玩具是否有點不合時宜？我絕對覺得教具背後意義好。但若果課室只有這些，給我的感覺像進了時光機。

chansiub

我唔堅持學校是否純Montrssori。我覺得Montessori是比較適合容易坐定定的小孩。別期望用學校去改變小孩。

chansiub

我都覺唔係個個小朋友都啱Montessori.  我個仔返多多好過Woodland.  個女我仲觀察中。所以會繼續DMS. 就算你喜歡Montessori 都真係要睇吓小朋友fit 唔fit.

chansiub

回復 elmostoney 的帖子

Hi elmostoney, it seems that the school that you have put your son in is quite good.  Would you please pm me the school name.  Many thanks.

chansiub

回復 awah112 的帖子

I understand that Montessori way of teaching may be good for autism and ADHD kids only to a certain extent.  If these kids demonstrate a trait that he/she is not comfortable to work very closely with others.  Montessori school is a good starting point for them as this kind of teaching focuses more on individual.  So again, it is a kind of teaching method that fits the kid instead of changing a kid.  I am sorry that I am a bit vague on "kids that are running around".  Probably, I should say that if your kid like group activities more, he/she may not like Montessori.  Amy Lansky in her book "Impossible Cure" stated why she put his son with autism in Montessori school and why she changed him to another school when his son became more sociable.