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| FAQ |
| Q. How do children who go to a Montessori school adjust to the pressures of regular mainstream school? Do they find it difficult to adjust? |
Ans: The aim of the Montessori 3-6 programme is not to prepare children for mainstream school. The greater aim is to assist with the natural development of children and to help them to develop to their fullest potential. If supported children draw tremendous benefit from the Montessori programme - they develop good communication skills, they write creatively and have good reading comprehension, they have laid a sound foundation for many mathematical concepts and have good social skills, they can cope with changes with self-confidence and seek solutions to their own problems - to list just a few. As a result they cope very well in mainstream schools.
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| Q. What is the age at which children enter the Montessori programme? What is the age at which they transit to Std I? |
| 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. |
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