Our daughter Penelope was first introduced to Montessori around 2.5 years of age, at Calypso Montessori in September 2017.    Our daughter is an energetic, highly social individual who loves to learn and be around people. She thrived in the Montessori environment for 3 years.  We decided to  enroll Penelope in our neighborhood catchment school, which overall has been a good experience, however we note the individual focus of development is not present, which is what we desire for Penelope to experience during an elementary program.