In Canada, "Reggio Emilio" is the standard preschool / ECE methodology and it's very similar to Montessori. I won't bore you by writing more -- I just wanted to give you another search term for Google. Generally, though, Reggio Emilio curricula and Montessori schools more student-centred and less standards-based. In North American schools there is a lot of emphasis on "child X must be able to read these 20 words about topic Y in 3 minutes with 90% accuracy" (like a robot -- every child has to perform to the same standard) Montessori and Reggio Emilio are about letting a child develop at their own pace, including an environment and curriculum that responds to the child's interests. If Bill wants to study frogs and ponds, the teacher devise activities so Billy can fully explore his interest in frogs and ponds. In a standards-based system, who cares what Billy is interested in -- the school board makes the decisions and everyone must march to that beat. I worked in an English-speaking Montessori kindergarten for 1.5 years in South Korea ... it was disorganized but student-centred, experiential learning was the theory they were attempting to follow... Good luck!

Hi Weronika, I do not know much about Montessori education. Will you write more about it in the future? I mean sharing your new experience, how it works, what you have noticed and so forth. At least, I would be interested in reading about that:-)