It has been quite a year for them as well. When we started in August we thought that this would be Pre-K at best. After the first week at the Montessori they were placed in the full-on Kindergarten class.
Because of their birthdate, we still were contemplating putting them back into another year of Kindergarten starting this Fall 2013. But their teacher and others convinced us that they would be bored and uninspired. So after a bit of discussion and a lot of thought, we decided that they would indeed begin 1st grade in the Fall. They will be the youngest in their class, but hopefully will be challenged, gaining new skills they haven't learned in Montessori.
We were so happy we chose the Montessori for their first year of schooling. Their class size at the start was 5:1 and by the end of the school year stayed low at 12:1. You can't get that in public schools. And their progress is reflected in the numbers. They are reading, writing short sentences, adding, subtracting and doing fractions! We are so proud. They have received a truly solid foundation that hopefully will keep them at an advantage throughout their school days.
