My guests for this episode are Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike, the authors of the upcoming book, The Montessori Child! Simone Davies is the author of The Montessori Toddler and…
Paula Lillard Preschlack was a teacher and the head of school at Forest Bluff School in Illinois for over 25 years. Her work focuses on the principles and benefits of…
Welcome to the first episode of the Multilingual Montessori podcast! On this episode, I speak with Tais Zeitune, a Brazilian mother and Montessorian living in London with her Irish husband…
In this episode I speak with Jinny Gonzalez, an AMI-certified 0-6 Montessori guide and the Director of Early Childhood at Austin Montessori School in Austin, Texas. Jinny is originally from…
In this episode, I speak with Merila, a mom of two who first learned about Montessori when she sent her older son to a Montessori school when he was 22…
In this episode I speak with Jessica Whinery, a Montessorian, mom, and entrepreneur in Austin, Texas. She is an AMI 3-6 Montessori guide who started her own Montessori school in…
A question I hear all the time is: Is it too late to raise my child bilingual? This is the first episode of a new series of short, bite-sized episodes…
In this episode, I speak with Ayanna Lewis, a librarian, a Montessorian, and a lifelong learner. Ayanna went to Montessori school as a child from ages 3 to 11, and…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
One thing that Montessorians always remind families is that Montessori is not about the materials - and it's not! You can absolutely follow Montessori principles in the home without fancy…
Poems are a wonderful way to enrich children’s language skills and teach them about their culture, routine, and the world around them. Poems can also be useful to expose children…
*under the age of 6 Children under the age of six live in the moment. They cannot abstract ideas yet, and are unable to distinguish between events happening in their immediate personal spheres, and those in…
Dr. Montessori defined four planes of development in the life of the child, from birth to adulthood. The first plane of development goes from 0-6 years old, a time in…
What is the Sensitive Period for Language? Dr. Montessori described sensitive periods as a window of time in which a child’s interests are focused on developing a certain skill, like…
Children under the age of 6 have what Dr. Maria Montessori called “the absorbent mind.” The Absorbent Mind takes in everything in its environment continuously, tirelessly, and without awareness or…