I looked at a lot.of the videos online, and they all seemed a little cold in their manner of instructing the children. But I do like and agree with most of their philosophy.

I always had elements of Montessori in my classroom - opting for materials rather than toys, a mixed-age group, having chores. I've been trying to figure out for years how to get my current group to play more meaningfully - they do a lot of house/mommy-and-baby scenarios and superhero/monster play, and they like to play in one big mob. I would like to introduce some more Montessori-inspired elements into my program in September, but everything is so chaotic right now and Im not going to be there very much longer anyway.

I do however plan to pull a great deal from it when my own daycare opens. One thing i didn't see much about is how to deal if the children dont seem to be catching on or are uncooperative or show behavior problems.

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