The Montessori Notebook podcast is the place for all your Montessori inspiration. Simone Davies, author of The Montessori Toddler, reveals all her insights from years of being a Montessori teacher and parent. Through conversations, answering listener’s questions, and sharing what she’s been learning lately, you’ll be inspired to take those ideas that resonate for you and put them straight into practice to be a more calm, supportive parent or teacher.
S2 E9 how Montessori principles apply all around the world with Ochuko Prudence Daniels in Nigeria
Welcome to another episode of The Montessori Notebook podcast. Today’s conversation is a little different as we transport ourselves to Nigeria and get to see how Montessori looks there. This conversation is with Ochuko Prudence Daniels, the founder of Momahill Montessori who found Montessori through her children and, as you’ll hear, she didn’t choose to become a Montessori teacher. It just happened. You’ll learn so much from Pru as we talk about how they apply Montessori in their home and in her school. What I love most is how passionate she is about bringing Montessori to her country and to any and every child and when you listen to her talk, you’ll have little doubt that she will make it happen. She even says that she brought in friends to her school, to the training and she’d go up to people on the street to tell them to respect their child because she’s just that passionate and she does it all with a warm heart, a big smile and a lot of grace.
10/06/2021 • 1 hour 7 minutes 1 second
S2 E7 with Ana-Kay from Pickneys at Play all about Montessori with twins
Something I get asked a lot about is how to do Montessori with twins. I loved this conversation with Ana-Kay of Pickneys at Play who shared with us everything from eating and toileting with two, when they copy each other doing something that's not safe, some travelling tips and how they incorporated their religion and Jamaican culture into their home.Links from the showPickneys at Play - InstagramFrom Childhood to Adolescence, by Dr Montessoristand up diaper changelanguage matching activitygiving them
27/05/2021 • 1 hour 14 minutes 37 seconds
S2 E6 In conversation with Junnifa Uzodike & Dr Ayize Sabater about Montessori for 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 the book launch party for this week’s podcast. We talked about how we show respect for babies in the Montessori approach, we give you a virtual tour of the book, and even some of the people featured in the book were live on the call and able to talk about how it’s been for them to apply Montessori in their lives. And the most fun is Dr Ayize Sabater of the Black Montessori Education Fund. He kindly agreed to host the event and you can just feel his joy and his passion for Montessori. Enjoy...Links from the showDr Ayize Sabater -
20/05/2021 • 1 hour 13 minutes 39 seconds
S2 E5 Wisdom from two of my favourite Montessori grandparents, Barbara Isaacs and Ferne van Zyl
In this episode, Barbara and Ferne share so much wisdom from years of Montessori teaching, Montessori parenting and being a Montessori grandparent. By the end of the episode, you'll want to adopt both of them as surrogate grandparents in your home too!Links from the showBarbara Isaacs - Montessori Europe, Montessori Musings, Montessori Granny, My Montessori Life podcastFerne van Zyl - The Independent Child, InstagramThe book you wish your parents had read, by Philippa PerryOn Children by Kahlil Gibran from<a href='https://amz
13/05/2021 • 1 hour 21 minutes 6 seconds
S2 E3 A rich conversation with Gabriel Salomão of Lar Montessori in Brazil
Today I have an amazing conversation to share with Gabriel Salomão of Lar Montessori in Brazil. His native language is Portuguese and yet speaks so eloquently, gently and respectfully about the Montessori approach. I always learn something from our conversations and am so happy to be able to share this conversation with you on the podcast today. Lar Montessori: Website / Instagram / Facebook / YouTubeGabriel works with families and schools in Brazil and abroad, including training Montessori educators. He went to Montessori school himself until he was 14 and came back to Montessori when he was graduating in Literature in search of tools to become a better teacher. "One night, I found a small little book by Maria Montessori online and started
29/04/2021 • 1 hour 20 minutes 5 seconds
S1 E7 All about Montessori at home, conflict resolution with children, connecting with your partner, and more
I had so much fun in this episode catching up with Heleen who used to come to my Montessori playgroup here in Amsterdam with her daughter Josie. We hear all about the Montessori principles they still use in their home now that Josie is 6 and even though Josie doesn't go to a Montessori school. We have a beautiful conversation covering:Montessori at hometheir Montessori spacesconflict resolution between childrenthe grey cloud of early motherhood for Heleen and how she got through itinvolving Josie in daily life - her favourite, folding laundry!heading outdoors in the cityhow they used a Montessori floor bedkeeping our own sense of self during parenthoodhow Josie finds having two mamascouch time - something we all need to do to stay connected if we have a partnerand more I also loved talking about how I'm not a perfect Montessori teacher or parent. I'm maki
13/03/2020 • 1 hour 3 minutes 10 seconds
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.Topics we cover in today’s episode include:A Montessori approach to night sleepIncorporating Montessori as working parentsDiscipline advice for aggressive behaviour (pulling hair, pinching, etc.) without spanking and convincing family membersMontessori with multiple childrenHaving to justify ourselves to others as a teacher/parentA question about nerf gunsDaily routines and getting anything doneMontessori ideas for storing LegoWhat about duplicate materials with their Montessori classroom?Showing a 1-year-old an activity or taskTearing lift-the-flap booksParenting in a different way to your
06/03/2020 • 1 hour 7 minutes 24 seconds
S1 E5 - 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 schoolwhat a middle school Montessori program looks likehow Judaism is brought into the Jewish Day School programhow we can do better with anti-bias education touching on equity, diversity, inclusion and intersectionality (and where Simone puts up her hand to say, "I'm losing you" and asks for more explanation, learning right alongside you)the four planes of development including the Montessori elementary child and teenagersAndy's wonderful phrase "convince me" instead of closing a dialogue with her sonsingle parenting and ideas for creating a villageMontessori observation and self-observationwhat is dialoguing"Who we are as
28/02/2020 • 1 hour 12 minutes 39 seconds
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 became so well-known in an era before the internet and instagramAn insight into her relationship with her own son, Mario, who was born out of wedlockCarolina's work in the AMI archives including books of letters from her great-grandmother to her familyWhat it is like to grow up in the Montessori family and how Carolina raised her own children in a Montessori wayCarolina's own beautiful story being married to the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq and Minister of Financea visit to a school in Kurdistan, Iraqand problems getting Montessori into the public system
21/02/2020 • 1 hour 15 minutes 15 seconds
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 ages* what morning time looks like in their home - from tea to poetry to Latin and French - you are going to want to hear why a 4.5 year old is into these!* the joy in the bad days* getting out into nature in the city* giving ourselves permission to rest and look after ourselves* a realistic perspective on anxiety* and how there is no such thing as a perfect parentAnd don't forget to listen right to the end when Simone answer's this week's listener question from India:My first born child is now turning 2
