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<blockquote data-quote="chrisb" data-source="post: 460770" data-attributes="member: 12811"><p>I myself have ADD. I don't see it in my kids - they have almost unusually good attention spans. One reason we chose Montessori for my daughter when she entered preschool was because at the pre-preschool we went to (one hour a week, parents stay, the teacher just does some preschooly things like playtime and circle time) - she was always still focused on the task when the teacher moved everyone to something new. All the other kids were happy to drop it and move on, but my daughter was upset she would miss out because by the time she was done with blocks and ready to move to playdough they were packing up the playdough, etc. Anyway, montessori lets them choose the work and both of them have always worked hard from they set foot in the classroom until they leave with little distractions. At home they will often work on their workbooks (the typical curriculum kind like brainquest) for hours with no prompting (since we never tell them they have to do this, they enjoy it.</p><p></p><p>They don't have much problems at school, but this is I think because we have chosen to send them to a Montessori school where they have significant control over when and how they do their work. The school & classroom are very small. That isn't to say they haven't had an occasional issue, but I think we sidestepped the school problem by choosing an environment that works well for them. My son has in the past come in and laid on the floor and refused to do anything for example. In a normal classroom this might be a big problem, but they are okay with letting him come around on his own and wait for him to be ready to work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chrisb, post: 460770, member: 12811"] I myself have ADD. I don't see it in my kids - they have almost unusually good attention spans. One reason we chose Montessori for my daughter when she entered preschool was because at the pre-preschool we went to (one hour a week, parents stay, the teacher just does some preschooly things like playtime and circle time) - she was always still focused on the task when the teacher moved everyone to something new. All the other kids were happy to drop it and move on, but my daughter was upset she would miss out because by the time she was done with blocks and ready to move to playdough they were packing up the playdough, etc. Anyway, montessori lets them choose the work and both of them have always worked hard from they set foot in the classroom until they leave with little distractions. At home they will often work on their workbooks (the typical curriculum kind like brainquest) for hours with no prompting (since we never tell them they have to do this, they enjoy it. They don't have much problems at school, but this is I think because we have chosen to send them to a Montessori school where they have significant control over when and how they do their work. The school & classroom are very small. That isn't to say they haven't had an occasional issue, but I think we sidestepped the school problem by choosing an environment that works well for them. My son has in the past come in and laid on the floor and refused to do anything for example. In a normal classroom this might be a big problem, but they are okay with letting him come around on his own and wait for him to be ready to work. [/QUOTE]
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