First term at Montessori Nursery

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LO just started attending Montessori nursery this week. Anyone else in the same position, would be nice to talk about how they get on this term.

Anybody?

mine doing 1 day this week, then starting 3 days on the 21st, with me there for a while. if i hold up, amd 32 wks PG. otherwise we push back to easter.

don't know much about montesori. have chosen this one as its very small and ds needs small place. and everyone says it is good. ds is 2.6. how old is yours?

DS is 3. We were attending another nursery last term for one afternoon a week and they allowed us to practise leaving him there without me for an hour or so. But I got a bad feeling for the place. He didn't seem to be interested and I found the staff intimidating. It was very 'old school', looked like a school rather than a nursery IYKWIM. Anyway, I started looking into the alternatives and found a montessori one a bit further away. I went for a look around and thought it was great. Done a bit of reading up on the subject and it seems ideal for him. The staff are very friendly. Up until now, DS has withdrawn from circle/group activities including songs and stories but on his first day they got him involved. I spied on him when i picked him up and he was shouting out answers (wrong ones, but confidently), he came home telling me about songs. Today the staff told me he was a bit resistant to 'circle time' but once he saw the activity was really interesting he got involved happily. I think the small class numbers helps.I'm really pleased so far, but it's only day 2. He will go for 3 mornings this week, 2 the next and then hopefully 4 mornings a week if he seems ok.

other DS is 7 months

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well we had a good 1st am. ds thrilled by range and detail of toys and playsets etc. was lashing it down, they managed very well with boisterous older kids. and left mine to join/not join as suits him. result: one wee fellow who stayed the whole 3 hours, most of the time ignoring me. usually at groups he asks to leave after 1.5 hours, max. and he volunteered hugs to 2 of the workers on the way out.

do think he likes it.

Hello my 2 yrs 5 m old has just started Montessori.
Tears the first two days (not when I dropped him off but later) but all smiles for third day. Will see how things are next week with DH doing drop offs as I am back at work. Plays beautifully with all the toys but when asked -did you play with the other children??? Nooo mummy in a 'don't be silly' sort of tone!

Just dropped him off this morning. This is his second week. No tears, in fact he's been really excited about going. Last week he chose the same activity each morning pouring and spooning coloured rice from one saki cup to another. I think he was just sussing out the situation and was watching what was going on around him. Today, he started with a box of sand then moved onto some seiving. Very sweet. He didn't seem bothered about me going but did ask if i would leave his baby brother. I wish.
I'm impressed so far.

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Circle time is a bit of an issue for DS, has been for as long as i can remember. For some reason he hates sitting in a circle. Anyway last week he joined in for the first two mornings and on the third he decided enough was enough. He threw a right strop and started shouting and took himself off to the coatroom. Anyway, the staff weren't at all phased and said it doesn't matter just do something else. He couldn't believe his luck. With a bit of convincing he found something else to do. It's not that he's unsociable, he loves playing with the other children and loves having a good run around outside with the others, but he doesn't like sitting in a circle! Will he ever do it, or do some kids just not do unless forced to.

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Another good week i think. He seems really happy there and reluctant to leave. But about an hour after we get home he's been throwing a ridiculous tantrum about something stupid, so i give him lunch and put him to bed for a nap. He's exhausted. No luck with circle time.

name change, tangent here....Yikes. He really really didn't want to go today and we had our first tears (but mostly shouting and kicking the door). All not very montessori at all. Not sure if it was the nursery that was really the problem as he was in a bad mood when he woke up. He's since slept all afternoon, so maybe something brewing. The staff seemed to handle it all very calmly so that's good. I picked him up early and joined in on 'candle time'. was brilliant and he was so into it. They said he washed the dishes after snack time. I watched a little boy mop the floor. It really made me laugh. It's so sweet. Must be good for them to learn all these practical skills. Hopefully DS will be more willing tomorrow but staff warned me that he make take a while to resettle. Sounds like it's quite common to enjoy the first couple of weeks while it's all new and exciting and then suddenly realise that he might be missing out on what's going on at home. Anybody else?

dd is at a Montessori nursery but been there for a while.
Which locations are all your lo's at? we are Hucknall

We are in south west england. I have no idea where hucknall is.

Quite a way from me then - it is near Nottingham Platesmasher

ds, 3, has a trial morning at Montessori next week. Theu said I could stay as long as he needed. He is incredibly shy with people he doesn't know but changes completely when he's happy and things are familiar so I do hope he can adjust.