stitchgal\" post_id=\"2099276\" time=\"1677581775\" user_id=\"142111:

Hi guys, as a parent who is trained in Montessori, many of the schools you mentioned here (eg. MMI, Brighton, Josiah) are not true Montessori. There are only 3 true to the authentic Montessori pedagogy and trustworthy schools in SG. One in Bukit Timah, one in Upper Thomson, one in Kovan (my son goes to here and it is the BEST decision ever).

mokas\" post_id=\"1956213\" time=\"1577676464\" user_id=\"182369:

Dear Parents,

I would like to share our experience with MMI-Compassvale and overall how MMI works.
My learning is- Money or higher fee can't get you good and ethical teachers in School, FOR ME THEY ARE NOTHING LESS THAN A FRAUD so please be very mindful before sending your kids to this school in particular.

As such we sent our daughter to MMI for Nursery-2, not even 4 years old and we really had horrendous experience with them, they are bunch of liars and having NO INTEGRITY.

In short, one fine day they call us for meeting and asked us to withdraw our kid because my kid is very active and teacher is OLD lady so she was finding hard to manage her properly which we knew and told them well in advance
So instead of fixing the issue they charged some FALSE allegation on kid which we asked them to substantiate and they were NOT able to prove ANYTHING what they claimed and end up telling us lies after lies.

Claim 1-
Camera in School- We asked them to show camera footage, initially they said they have it but later on they declined and informed us they DONT HAVE CAMERA at all, if they are right then why can't they share the clip? - No answers provided by MMI.

Claim 2-
Teacher’s lied-
In due course teachers lied one after another just to prove their point but officially they couldn't prove anything and one thing for sure they don’t have any integrity at all.
So imagine if teachers/management is bunch of liars themselves then what they are going to teach to your kid? To TELL LIES?? And all unethical things in life? is their anything called values in life-probably they only know VALUE of Money only.

We contacted the MMI headquarters but they simply apologies and didn't answered the hard questions or say the mess created by their teachers or the lies which they told us.

We contacted the government authority ECDA but what we understood is they can't help on this except giving WARNING TO SCHOOL, which they did and school does apologies.
It's a shame that related government organisation having its own limit and they can't take strict action against school/management/culprit teachers and MMI simply apologies on whole incident to escape but damage has been already done on our end,
Who will fulfill that? And trauma which child has gone through? These are the questions which are unanswered and will remain unanswered.

So moral of this post is-
1. BE CAREFUL about behavior of MMI Management and it's teachers.
2. Higher fee doesn’t guarantee good education/value for your kid.

Note- I do have all the mails/communication where all these things are mentioned very clearly and school did apologies on their teacher false claims/misdeeds.

My advice- PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL BEFORE TAKING ADMISSION OR THINKING ABOUT MMI, THEY CHARGE PREMIUM BUT THEY SCREW BIG TIME, REST IS YOUR CHOICE, ALL THE BEST!!

Mohit

Yhtyh\" post_id=\"1940689\" time=\"1570698735\" user_id=\"144412:

may i know which school is that? I am looking for a school now. Prefer between newton & stevens mrt

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1926060\" time=\"1564736923\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1926060 time=1564736923 user_id=53606]
My boy (also no siblings) went through a mixed-age Montessori environment for 4 years. The benefits are pretty much like what you have described. When younger, he benefitted from the older kids “mothering” him. He also observed the older kids giving their show-and-tell sessions (they were naturally more articulate at that age). The teachers & older kids encouraged the younger babies no matter how simple their initial attempts at the basic show-and-tell.

Then later when he was in the older age group, he passed on his experience and knowledge by coaching the younger kids. Gives them a sense of responsibility and empathy through doing these.

I don’t really see what major concerns with a mixed-age group there would be. Montessori style does allow the teachers to coach the kids individually too (it is a hallmark in fact). So they progress at their own pace for each subject. The group interactions are a side benefit and quite good.[/quote]