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Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Heights Montessori

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Brooklyn Heights ·  Telephone: (718) 858-5100  · Website: www.bhmsny.org

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• General Info
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
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  Connection
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (4.8)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
This is a Montessori setting, where children are choosing their own work. The room is set up in such a way that direction is provided through the activities that are provided for the students. There are 2 teachers in the room and they help to facilitate the work a student chooses. The class is also set up with mixed age groups, so this provides the older kids opportunities to reinforce what they have learned by 'teaching/helping ' the younger ones. Younger (3 year olds and some 4) leave at lunch so the older (5 and 6 year olds) have more one on one contact with the teachers in the afternoon, concentrating more on 'academics'.

Parent #2
In my view the curricular approach would really fall in between Predominantly Teacher-led and Free Play with Some Structure.

Parent #3
The Montessori classroom is unique in its 'prepared environment' which lays out very specific 'work' for the kids in core learning areas, but leaves them entirely to their devices to choose the work that interests them. This encourages independence and passion. They are never force-fed knowledge. It is free choice in a very structured classroom. Self-reliance is emphasized.