Montessori Education: Giving Children a Choice

There are a variety of ways for parents to choose their toddlers’ school.  They may pick it up from their experience or lack of it.  They may listen to word-of-mouth, or conduct for themselves a brief school-background check.

What does this decision-making implicate?  --That before the young students’ voice could be properly taken into account; parents/guardians do the selection first.  Suppose students were given the voice, which institution would appeal to them -- traditional, or Montessori education?

Of course, it’s possible to communicate such choice to a kid; however, there is no denying the fact that it could be very challenging.  But for parents to aid their young ones ability to decide and free-think, then, maybe they can opt for the following recourse:

• Young ones could be encouraged to explicitly come up with expectations of their prospective schools.  Say, if one wants a lot of play, then parents will have to cite instances by which they can play inside a traditional, or Montessori education.  Take note that this guardian-supplementation is not possible unless parents did their own research.

• If parents/guardians have the time to conduct a learning diagnosis (at home), then they might try it.  This way, they are able to obtain initial but, nevertheless, profound information as to how their young students learn, as well as their level of absorption.

• Parents/guardians must check on their little toddlers’ ability to focus.  Each type of institution, be it the traditional or Montessori education, has its own way of handling or managing its students’ attention span.  However, knowing how their students fare at home may provide tangible clues as to how it might work at (which) school. 

Parents and guardians are responsible for the final selection; yet they can do so in consideration of their child’s observable tendencies.