Ans: The Montessori programme is a three-year programme. It serves children aged 3 to 6 years. However as a great stress is laid upon independence - on letting children learn to do things for themselves, to help children work on their own - they are often admitted into the programme when they are about 2½ years. This is a period in which they settle down and get used to the work culture of the school. So, in effect, they remain in the Montessori environment till the age of six, and then transit to Std I. At Navadisha, children are admitted to Std I provided they have completed six years of age as on May 31 of that academic year. |