These hearty souls live and breath their work, creating wonderful intimate communities that radiate a sense of personal attention and family. Wisconsin The programs themselves vary widely. One often hears about schools focused on meeting the needs of the working family. Others describe themselves as college preparatory. Public programs pride themselves on serving all children, while others work hard to find the perfect match of student, school, and family values.
Most schools begin at age three.
Some feature programs for infants and toddlers. Many extend through the elementary grades, perhaps fifty offer middle school programs, and a handful extend through the twelfth grade. The faces of Montessori are as diverse as the people who create and teach in them. Although many parents think of Montessori schools as being identical, they are all different. I often describe it as trying to imagine that all Christians or Jews share identical perspectives on religion as other members of the same faith.