A Comparative Study of Montessori and Kindergarten System of Education

Early childhood education is considered as back bone in any education system traditionally there are two types of early childhood education in the world. These are Montessori and Kindergarten system of education. This study entitled "Comparative Study of Montessori and Kindergarten System of Education in Term of Social and Language Skills of Children" focused on investigating difference between two systems. The objectives of study were to compare the both system in terms of philosophy, objectives, contents, teaching methodology, evaluation system, social and language skills of the students of both systems. It was a document and survey type study. The research was delimited to the private schools of Rawalpindi having pre-school education. The sample was comprised of ten schools and hundred students, ten students from each school. Five schools from Montessori system of Education and five from Kindergarten system of education were selected. The observational checklists were developed to check the social and language skills of children. The observational checklists were completed on the response of students by class teacher.