Re: MD home schooling

From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 17:36:35 BST

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    Stop Press Sam - you may find this interesting ?

    http://www.reason.com/0504/fe.gb.homeschooling.shtml

    Ian

    On Apr 11, 2005 11:33 PM, Steve & Oxsana Marquis <marquis@nccn.net> wrote:
    > Sam, have you considered Montessori Schools? I don't know where you're
    > located, but here are some quotes from a newspaper article in the bay area:
    >
    > 'The structured freedom they speak of goes back to the education practices
    > developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori, who observed the ways
    > children learn and theorized that the teach themselves.
    >
    > A Montessori classroom is quite different than the typical public or private
    > school classroom. There are no rows of desks, no teachers lecturing at the
    > head of the class and no zoned-out pupils staring blankly at a blackboard.
    > To an outsider, the scene might appear disorganized. Children are scattered
    > throughout the room, some at tables, some on the floor, others having a
    > snack, washing dishes, knitting or offering visitors a cup of tea. Some are
    > alone and others sit with friends while one, two or more Montessori-trained
    > teachers move about the room, stopping to work with individuals or groups.'
    >
    > My daughter is 3 ½, and I'm starting the same research project you have been
    > engaged in, finding a good school.
    >
    > Live well,
    > Steve
    >
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