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Celebrating Montessori method: In classes grouped by ages, students master how to take the lead.

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| January 28, 2007 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Lyttle

Jan. 28--None of the 4- and 5-year-olds are paying attention to the teacher in their class. A few doors away, teacher Kelly Harding is playing an eight-string musical instrument and singing in Chinese to her students. But Harding isn't the music teacher -- she's the classroom instructor, and the lesson is geography, not music. Welcome to the world of Montessori education -- in this case, Park Road Montessori School. The idea behind Montessori education, created a century ago by Italy's Maria Montessori, is that children learn best when self-motivated and they do much of the research and work by themselves. Teachers get them started and provide help -- but after that, the children take the lead. Park Road and the two other Charlotte-Mecklenburg Montessori…

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