Montessori podcast Archives

S2 E11 Montessori at home whether you are homeschooling or not with Jeanne-Marie Paynel and Pilar Bewley

I have not just one amazing guest but two for a conversation about Montessori at home. I invited Jeanne-Marie Paynel, Your Parenting Mentor, and Pilar Bewley from Mainly Montessori to look at how we can apply Montessori principles in our homes whether we are homeschooling our child or not and…

S2 E10 What is cosmic education with Hannah Baynham

Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of The Montessori Notebook podcast. Today I’m talking with Hannah Baynham from Collaborative Montessori about some of the big picture principles in Montessori. Hannah is a teacher educator who is passionate about issues of social justice, sustainability and the spiritual preparation of the…

S2 E6 In conversation with Junnifa Uzodike & Dr Ayize Sabater about how to apply Montessori to babies

I said last week I’d have to do a podcast soon all about babies, and after our book launch Zoom party for The Montessori Baby last week where Junnifa and I were talking all about our love for babies, I decided it could be fun to share the recording from…

S2 E1 Montessori through the four planes of development

Hi everyone! Simone here and I’m super excited to be back with another season of The Montessori Notebook podcast. Today I’ll be talking with Nusaibah Macadam from Rumi Montessori. Nusaibah is a Montessori educator with over 17 years experience, a Montessori parent, and has run Montessori schools in both the…

S1 E9 All about how Nicole Kavanaugh makes raising 4 children (and a dog) look easy the Montessori way

On today’s podcast I had so much fun chatting to Nicole Kavanaugh of The Kavanaugh Report, mother of four children (and a dog), raising four children in a Montessori way. So if you’ve ever thought it might be easy to raise children in a Montessori way with one child, but…

S1 E8 When you get to ask the head of a Montessori school about dealing with conflict in the classroom, is Montessori still relevant today, and what if your child never chooses an activity

Today I share my conversation with Bill Conway which is a little different to others in the series where we zoom out and look at the big picture of Montessori. Bill is the Head of School at Montessori East in Sydney, Australia and I loved getting to ask him the…

S1 E6 Your Montessori questions answered by me

I loved putting together this episode of the podcast. So many great questions have been submitted about the Montessori approach and today I spend the whole episode answering lots of them. Hope it will be super useful to all of you no matter where you are on your Montessori journey.…

E1 S5 – All about anti-bias education, Montessori at different ages, and life as a Montessori child, teacher and parent

Today’s episode is a positive and heartwarming conversation with Andy Lulka, a Montessori teacher, parent and child. As someone who has spent their whole life around Montessori, you’ll hear about: growing up in a Montessori school what a middle school Montessori program looks like how Judaism is brought into the…

S1 E4 – All about Dr Montessori’s life, family and work in conversation with Carolina Montessori, her great granddaughter

Today we get into the woman behind the Montessori approach – yes, Dr Montessori herself in a lovely conversation with her great granddaughter, Carolina Montessori. Listen to this conversation and learn about: Dr Montessori’s years working in psychiatric hospitals and anthropology before working in educationHer work as a feministHow she…

S1 E3 – All about creating a beautiful childhood, following the child, building family rhythms not schedules, eclectic homeschooling, and more

A deep conversation with Eloise from @mightymother_ in the UK all about creating a beautiful childhood and how they incorporate Montessori into their eclectic homeschooling days. And even if you aren’t homeschooling, you’ll learn:* alternatives to praise* building a family rhythm rather than a schedule* creating cosy spaces at different…

Podcast S1 E1- All about being a Montessori family, transitioning to regular school and co-parenting

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…

Montessori podcasts I recommend…and some other favourites

UPDATE – January 2020 I am happy to announce that I have just launched my own Montessori podcast – The Montessori Notebook podcast. More details here. I started listening to podcasts back in 2013 while I was preparing my classroom for the next day. And I listen to about 10…