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Multilingual Montessori Podcast Bonus Episode: Advice from 2021 Guests

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Welcome to this bonus episode of the Multilingual Montessori Podcast! Since starting this podcast in September 2021, I’ve interviewed ten incredible Montessorians, mothers and child development experts, from all across…

Renee Chen on Montessori in China and the U.S.

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Renee Chen is a mom of two girls, who moved with her husband and children from Shanghai, China to Austin, Texas five years ago. In this conversation, Renee shares the…

Tina Laboy and Rachel Coleman on Talking to Children About Food

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

This episode is all about food! Tina Laboy and Rachel Coleman are the co-hosts of Mom Genes the Podcast. Tina is a Registered Dietician and certified personal trainer who lives…

Andrea Imhof on Supporting Language Development in the Early Years

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Andrea Imhof is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on understanding language development in the early years and how it is impacted…

Beth Allison on Learning Navajo with Her Son

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Beth Allison is a mom, educator, and entrepreneur who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Beth is Navajo and grew up on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, but she is not fluent…

Romali Rosales Chavarría on Second Language Learning in the Montessori Children’s House

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Romali Rosales Chavarría is a Montessori educator, researcher, and mom of two bilingual sons. Romali is from Mexico and lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her family. In the spring of…

Claudia Lundahl on Montessori with Toddlers

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Claudia Lundahl is an AMI Montessori toddler guide, postpartum doula, and freelance artist living in London, England. One of Claudia’s first teaching experiences after college was teaching English in France…

Janina Burmeister on Life as an Expat Mom

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 24, 2022Podcast

Janina Burmeister is a mom and Montessorian living in Valencia, Spain. Janina is originally from Germany but she has lived abroad for the past twenty years! In this episode, Janina…

Being Bilingual and Bicultural with Tania Ginsberg-Jambou

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

Tania Ginsberg-Jambou is a French-American bilingual mom and Montessorian living in California. Tania grew up speaking both French and English with her American father and French mother. Tania and her…

A Polyglot in Paris: Multilingualism in Academic, Professional and Social Life

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

María Laura Ribadeneira grew up in Quito, Ecuador where she spoke Spanish at home, English at school, and studied French outside of school. She went to college in the US…

Siri Panday, Director of Education for Toddler and Primary at Marin Montessori School

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

Siri Panday is the Director of Education for Toddler and Primary at Marin Montessori School in Northern California. Siri is trained as both a 0-3 and 3-6 AMI Guide, and…

How Multilingual Montessori Came to Be (An Interview with Me!)

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

The guest for this episode is…me! I invited my good friend and former coworker Claudia to interview me about my education background and how I came to start Multilingual Montessori.…

Sophia O’Brien-Udry on Teaching in a Bilingual Montessori School

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

Sophia O’Brien-Udry is a Children’s House guide at a Montessori school in New York City. Although Sophia is monolingual herself, she teaches at a bilingual Montessori school, and we talk…

Lynda Apostol on Montessori Homeschooling

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

Lynda Apostol is a Montessori teacher, parent, and homeschool coach who lives in Southern California with her husband and two children. Lynda has worked in both public and private schools…

Jackie Howard, Bilingual Educator and Former Montessori Child

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

Jackie Howard is a bilingual educator and former Montessori child living in Austin, Texas. Jackie grew up speaking Spanish and English at home, and went to a Montessori school from…

Melina Gac Levin, Founder of NYC’s First Forest School en Español

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 21, 2022Podcast

Melina Gac Levin is an educator and bilingual parent who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of Pueblo, which supports multicultural families through parenting classes and consultations. She…

Natalia Sáez, Bilingual Education & Applied Linguistics Professor at Columbia University

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 19, 2022Podcast

Natalia Sáez is a professor and researcher at Teachers College Columbia University focusing on second language development as well as bilingual/bicultural education. Natalia is also the founder and co-owner of…

Yuna Seong, Language Program Director at Columbia University

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 17, 2022Podcast

Yuna Seong is a language educator and assessment expert living in New Jersey. She is the Director of the Community Language Program, the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other…

Jesse Gevirtz on Montessori with Adolescents

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 17, 2022Podcast

Jesse Gevirtz is the Director of Adolescent Programs at Austin Montessori School in Austin, Texas. Jesse has been teaching in Montessori schools for 25 years, 21 of them at Austin…

Diandra Morse from Bilingual Playdate

By Gabrielle Kotkov October 17, 2022Podcast

Diandra Morse is a bilingual mom, licensed clinical social worker and child advocate living in Syracuse, New York with her husband and two bilingual sons. Diandra is Dominican American and…

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