Curious About Montessoris in San Antonio for My 2 1/2 Yr Old.

Check out Child Montessori on NW Military - SA Country Day is going eastward, while you are going westward. Makes a difference timewise. If you can get your child into Judson and plan on staying there-do it. I cannot describe the difference the hands on tactile developmentally appropriate focus teaching/learning makes in a child. Moved my 3rd grader into a Montessori program, and wish we had been there from day one. The Montessori programs I have seen have been wholesome, and gentle. The children look out for each other, there is no bullying. Gentle teasing, but overall, they are very supportive and nurturing of each other. I have one child with a very gentle soul who expects others to treat him the same way he treats them - and when they didn't at the other school, he was really hurt. At theMontessori school, I have had no worries and his testing results continue to show he is on target and his smarts have not declined. I cannot suggest a program more helpful to a child than Montessori(besides, no child I know likes to sit still in a desk at any age, and if I can't stand it as an adult, why would I expect my son to enjoy the desk and chair?!_)

I'm sorry I have no current info, but I went to Judson Montessori for pre-school and then again for 8th and 9th grade (I don't think they have a 9th grade anymore), and my sister attended pre-school through 7th grade. Among my friends, I've seen a maybe ten or fifteen Judson Montessori graduates grow up; and I just thought you'd like to know I'm impressed with them. To a person, they've ended up creative, productive members of society, and basically good people. Then again, this maybe true of all Montessori schools.

Here's one (of many) website to check out:

http://www.montessori-ami.org/

My son attends The San Antonio Country Day School which is a Montessori school. He's only been there since the summer (he's 4) but he loves it and we really like it too. It's not too far from the Stone Oak area though out of your way if your
going toward the Medical Center.

I love that they help teach life skills and let the children choose their own work and how to learn things. So far we really like it there.

Good luck!
K.

Your best bet is to go and check these schools out for yourself. You can find them listed in the yello pages anywhere online or otherwise. Alot of times they have referrals and open houses, depending on the school they might even let you sit in on a class. Montessouri learning can be strick from what I hear. Their technique if very hands on which is the way alot of children learn. I am a homeschool Mom and have used some of their techniques with my children and have found their style to be more interactive than the traditional style of learning. We liked it and found it quite positive.
I have also heard that if a child is exposed to this style of learning at first and later transfers into a regular style of learning such as public or private school there is quite the transition as most is text book related and such. Most schools don't do much hands on style of learning. Really depends on what your looking for. Hope this helps. C.