We chose to put Sophie in Pomeroy's Montessori program. It is a traditional public school, but also has a separate Montessori program. It attracts families all over the valley. Luckily, it isn't too far for us. I agonized for months what kind of school to send her too, but now that we've been in school for a few weeks I couldn't be happier with our decision to send her there. I'm not going to lie, those first couple of days were really hard on Sophie emotionally but she has embraced her school and loves it.
She looks forward to attending her class every day. Her reading skills have blown me away. Within the first week, I noticed a huge change in her willingness and ability to read. And even tonight while reading scriptures she was tackling longer words that would normally intimidate her. She still reads very slowly but I have seen great progress. I have no idea what her teacher is doing, but it is working!
I asked Sophie what her favorite part of school was, and true to an elementary student, she replied, "Lunch and playing at the park [or playground]."
Here is a little comparison of Montessori vs Traditional schools, if interested.
