Montessori Daycare for 2 Year-old

E.- Good luck with your choice. My personal opinion is that children will learn whatever you teach them. I have a 6 year old who reads at a 3rd grade level. She has been in a preschool learning enviornment since she was born but, never a Montessori or a private school. I think Montessori has it's place but, not all enviornments are right for all children. If your child is doing well where she is-I would leave it be. Stability and comfort really help the learning process. Please let me know if you have any other questions and I'll see if I can help- I have been a preschool teacher for 15 years.

Good luck-H.

My advise as a former elementary school educator to now a stay at home mom to two girls is -save your $. I feel that 2-4 years of age is more social and emotional development, which your child can get anywhere. Four years old(pre-Kindergarden), you may want more of an academic setting. Good luck!

To tell you the truth, it really doesn't make all that much of a difference. My neice, who is now 10 years old, was enrolled in the Parkcenter Montessori school up through kindergarden and she has been nowhere further advanced then the other students in her classes. It actually ended up being more of a burden for my sister and her husband then anything else. They decided to enroll their next child (my nephew that is 5) into a regular daycare/preschool and it has been way more cost effective and given them the same satisfaction. To address the education issue, it all will depend on what YOU teach your child more then anything else. My 7 year old is half way through her 4 grade certifications and speaks 2 languages and she attended a preschool for only one year when we decided to pull her from the programs due to personal reasons. Ultimately what it came down to was that I taught her Spanish and her Dad taught her French. That was the best concept for learning and she retained both teachings. If you make learning a part of your daily routine with your baby, it will become second nature to them. Good Luck!!!

My advice is to save the money or put it towards her college education. I teach preschool, but my son goes to a Montessori preschool, which I pay high dollar for. The children that I am teaching are on the same level as my son. Some are even advancing ahead of him. I would love to bring him home to teach him myself and save the money, but of course he dosen't want to listen to Mom. I would put him into regular preschool, but this is his 2nd year there and he has developed friendships, kinda hard for me take that away from him right now.

Good luckto you.