Montessori Children's House of Fort Worth

I went and toured the Montessori Children’s House in Fort Worth yesterday. I was definitely impressed. That’s an understatement. For those of you who don’t know what the Montessori Children’s House is, it’s a school dedicated to a different approach at learning: hands on learning.

            From walking in, you wouldn’t be able to tell that it’s a school. It’s a small house in the middle of a neighborhood, but once you walk in, you can see that they have five buildings and over and acre of land in the back. The learning tools they give to the children are much different than the tools given in a conventional elementary school. The Montessori Children’s House doesn’t believe standardized testing. They believe in creative learning and a self-paced movement. However, that’s not to say that the children are lazy. It seemed to me that almost every child wanted to participate. Their children are reading by the time they are 5 years old. Now, I work with children and many of my second graders, who are 7 years old, can’t read.

            Interested? Check out their website and schedule a tour. http://mchfw.com/

--Adam Moron