Our blog, Is It Too Late for my Child to Attend a Montessori School? inspired a Montessori teacher to ask what to do with accepting third year students (at any level) who lack a Montessori background and may only be able to do first year work. She wanted to know if she should give them work they may have missed from previous levels. She had tried it, but her students were unhappy and thought the work too young for them.
Her question is certainly valid. While it is important to follow the child, we must also keep in mind the child’s plane of development.
