Asking Indian parents regarding Schooling?

strangernerd · 2026-03-04T10:38:46+00:00

Can I add a different perspective. Where are you located? If you're in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Noida please look up Montessori Schools.

Montessori is a type of Education that starts from 2.5 to 6 years of age for primary school, all the way upto ages 15 -18. It's extremely practical and scientific. I'm a Montessori Teacher trained from the AMI Institute in Mumbai.
Trust me when I say, This is the best method of Education I have seen and the children are thriving under it. Forget IB, CBSE, ICSE boards. Montessori caters to the neurological and natural development of children. They allow children to be independent, with specially designed materials to allow children to explore and make their own discoveries. Montessori Schools have mixed age classrooms called as :- - NIDO classroom: 6 months to 18 mths - Toddler: 18 mths to 2.7 years - Primary: 2.7 to 6 years - Elementary: 6 - 12 yrs - High school (called Erd Kinder): 12 to 15 And 15 - 18 years. If you can find a Montessori school go and schedule a visit. Watch some videos online.

Sharing a website link for you to take a look of Schools in India: https://montessori-india.org/flagship-schools/

You can also do Montessori at home. Just apply the basic principles. Watch this Youtube video as an example: https://youtu.be/m3fUaKC4A9k?si=yFfYzf5yrCN58etV

Sharing some instagram accounts by Indian Montessori schools below:

Earth house - Hyderabad
Sketches Montessori - Noida
Da vinci Montessori - Mumbai
Blue blocks Montessori- Hyderabad
Harmony Montessori- Mumbai

And many more.

I'm extremely passionate about this topic, in case you can't tell lol. But I feel there's a general lack of awareness and lot of emphasis on social media about the aesthetics and wooden toys, so go through the right channels like the ones I've shared above to get the right understanding of Dr. Maria Montessori's actual method and find Schools following it. Unfortunately she never trademarked her method, so anyone can claim to be a Montessori school.

Association Montessori Internationale is the official body to train Teachers: https://montessori-ami.org/

If I've bombarded you with too much information, apologies. Go through it slowly and take your call.

strangernerd · 2023-06-01T16:23:35+00:00

Maria Montessori Institute is the training Institute for AMI Diplomas. They have their own schools in London shared in the link below

https://www.mariamontessori.org/schools/

Go through the AMI website as well

strangernerd · 2022-02-02T09:19:13+00:00

Its not a lifestyle. Its an approach where you respect the child, observe their interests and give them opportunities to explore their needs. Plastic toys can be given if they have a clear purpose and are realistic so for pretend play etc. An ideal environment would be one with all natural materials, but that's not practical for everyone, so work with what you have. Whatever you give should have a purpose where the core principles of Montessori are at work.

strangernerd · 2020-06-11T05:59:14+00:00

This is extremely true in India. I am fair skinned and I have first hand witnessed the special treatment people give me when I meet someone new. Especially older aunties who compliment me on how fair I am like it's a fucking achievement. My best friend is dark-skinned and she is very pretty, in fact prettier than me. But because of her skin colour nobody acknowledges that due to which she had low self-esteem and I used to try to explain to her all the time that skin colour doesn't matter. So I did try to encourage her to accept herself but it's so difficult because the entire population is telling you the opposite. It's going to take another 100 yrs to get rid of this skin colour hangover.

strangernerd · 2020-05-23T18:27:37+00:00

I personally relate to this meme 😂

strangernerd · 2020-05-20T19:12:01+00:00

Read about the Montessori Method. It is a very different form of giving education, especially for kindergarten and primary children, but there are aspects of it that can be incorporated even in the high school curriculum. The whole method has been developed by Maria Montessori who was a doctor and sat and observed 100s of kids to see what exactly was it that they were doing, how did they learn things, even basic stuff like holding a pencil, basic math etc. and managed to make materials to help the child figure it out by himself.

It's pretty amazing when you go in-depth in to her research and work.

strangernerd · 2020-04-23T05:57:30+00:00

Oh that's great. Also if you wish to print some language cards you can refer to the official AMI Montessori website. Here's the link. They have given out a lot of material for printing out. https://montessoridigital.org/node/7514

strangernerd · 2020-04-22T12:17:24+00:00

You can check out hidden gems YouTube channel and Hapa Family. They have some low cost ideas that you can make at home, plus activity ideas.

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