# Transition from Montessori to public school

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transition-from-montessori-to-public-school/979617>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transition-from-montessori-to-public-school/979617 "2023-02-11T12:54:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transition-from-montessori-to-public-school/979617/21 "2023-02-14T12:53:05Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Hmm. That’s interesting. I can’t remember if I was up to cursive before second grade, but I do know we still learned to print before we learned cursive. And I don’t remember having much trouble switching back and forth.

They actually learned to write in cursive, as in joining the letters together, in the pre-school/kindergarten lessons. I asked and the reason I was given to learn to write that way and not in blocks was because children naturally make swirls when they draw.

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**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transition-from-montessori-to-public-school/979617/22 "2023-02-14T17:28:11Z")

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I myself made this transition, from Montessori to a more traditional public school, at about age 11. I was, frankly, glad to have done this, as I was wanting the greater sense of routine and structure. The loosey-goosiness of the Montessori school was not helping me to focus, but the new school environment did.

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