Why don children in Montessori classrooms have homework?
For many families the question of homework is a vexing one. How can the children at CMS manage to surpass the learning that is required by local public curriculum without the hours of homework assigned to their neighborhood counterparts? How do the children learn to write in cursive and read by the end of kindergarten? The classroom environments at CMS inspire children not just to learn – but rather to love learning. The teachers are passionate which infects the children with interest. Curriculum is not pre-determined day to day, so children are allowed to explore their interests in real time, not three hours later in their bedrooms at their desks (when their interest is long gone and their thoughts are distracted by the many other things they would rather be doing). The children at CMS are granted the freedom to work on the subjects that inspire them at the time that inspiration is born. Their interests are peaked by the many different works going on around them in the classroom. The
For many families the question of homework is a vexing one. How can the children learn to surpass the learning required by the local public curriculum without the hours of homework assigned to their neighborhood counterparts? How do the children learn to read and write? The classroom environments at our school inspire children not just to learn – but rather to love learning. The teachers are passionate which infects the children with interest. Curriculum is not pre-determined day to day, so children are allowed to explore their interests in real time, not three hours later in their bedrooms or at the kitchen table (when their interest is long gone and their thoughts are distracted by many other things they would rather be doing.) The children at Peaceful Pathways are granted freedom to work on the subjects that inspire them at the time that inspiration is born. Their interests are peaked by the many different works going on around them in the classroom. The joy of collaborative work is
