Season 1, Episode 1
Want to really know what it’s like to be a Montessori family? I’ll be talking to my daughter Emma and my son Oliver who went to Montessori school up until 12 years old. And how they found the transition to a “regular” school (spoiler: not so difficult it appears). We talk about what it’s like to be bilingual, things they remember from Montessori school, what it’s like having a Montessori teacher as a parent, and even sex education in the Netherlands.
I’ll also be talking to their Dad, Luke, all about co-parenting, communication, and raising Montessori children.
And sharing what I love about Montessori.
This week’s listener question
Lily asks: Montessori tools seem so expensive now! Any ideas to implement Montessori in a low income household?
Links
- Emma talks about the multiplication board
- Blog post about co-parenting: There are many family constellations. Ours is not so different.
- Steve Biddulph
- Blog post about Montessori in a low-income family: Montessori on a budget
- A toy rental company in Amsterdam run by one of the families who comes to my classes: CocoToy (sadly now closed – they have moved back to Colombia)
Photos
Oliver (2) helps build a cubby house //Oliver (3) and Emma (1) bushwalking in the Blue Mountains, Australia
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The Montessori Notebook podcast is hosted by Simone Davies. Edited by Luke Davies of Filmprov Media. Podcast art by Hiyoko Imai.