Laura, Megan and Rachel are three trained Montessori guides and new mothers who host the Montessori Moms in the Wild Podcast. Between the three of them, they are trained in Montessori education for ages birth through twelve years old. Their podcast aims to serve caregivers who want to learn more about the Montessori philosophy but also want a bit of lightheartedness and realness when it comes to the ups and downs of parenting. In this conversation, we talk about how Laura, Megan and Rachel all got their start as Montessori educators, how they met each other, and how they decided to start the Montessori Moms in the Wild podcast. We discuss how having their own children changed their approach to Montessori in their own families, parenting with partners who are learning about Montessori, and of course, their biggest takeaways from their first year as podcasters. Follow Montessori Moms in the Wild: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ Follow Multilingual Montessori:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Consultations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/multilingual-montessori/support

Sylvia Arotin is the founder and CEO of Guide & Grow. She runs My Montessori school in Sydney, Australia and is an international speaker and trainer for educators and parents, specializing in communication and guiding children's behavior. Sylvia holds an International Montessori 0-3 diploma, 3-6 assistants’ certificate, International Communications degree and a Masters in Teaching specializing in early childhood. Sylvia created Guide & Grow from a desire to help raise tomorrow’s children and to create a movement towards supporting caregivers on their path to raise future generations. With its roots in Montessori, positive communication, positive discipline and building children’s emotional intelligence, Guide & Grow takes a holistic approach to guiding parents and educators so they can help their children to grow and build lifelong skills. In this conversation, Sylvia shares her path to Montessori and her experiences with multilingualism, both as a child and now as an adult. We also talk about her work doing Montessori with the elderly, and she shares her best advice for parents when it comes to navigating the toddler years! Watch Gabrielle and Sylvia's conversation about Supporting the Multilingual Child on YouTube Follow Guide & Grow: ⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Facebook Page⁠ Facebook Group (Montessori 0-3) ⁠YouTube Follow Multilingual Montessori:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Consultations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/multilingual-montessori/support

Viorica Marian is a Psycholinguist, Cognitive Scientist, Psychologist, and writer known for her research on language, bilingualism, and multilingualism. She is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Endowed Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, and is the Principal Investigator of the Northwestern Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Laboratory. She received her PhD in Psychology from Cornell University, Master's degrees from Emory University and from Cornell University, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Alaska.  Her new book, The Power of Language, which was released in April 2023, is a revolutionary book that goes beyond any recent book on language to dissect how language operates in our minds and how to harness its virtually limitless power. In this book, Dr. Marian reviews research showing that learning a new language: ·       Enhances executive function ·    Results in higher scores on creative-thinking tasks. ·    Develops critical reasoning skills. ·    Delays Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia by four to six years. ·    Improves decisions made under emotional duress. ·    and changes what we see, pay attention to, and recall. Follow Viorica Marian: Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ Facebook Twitter Follow Multilingual Montessori:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Consultations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/multilingual-montessori/support

Marikay McCabe and Mirka Vlčková are two of the co-founders of The Bilingual Montessori Project. Marikay McCabe founded Madrid Montessori School in 2006 and was its Director until 2017. In 2018 she established Learning Ecologies to continue supporting Montessori educators as a school consultant and by offering seminars on bilingualism and school organization & leadership.  In 2020 she co-founded the Bilingual Montessori initiative in order to offer a virtual home for educators working in bilingual and multilingual schools. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University and completed school management and leadership training from NAMTA and the Whole School Leadership Institute. She has also taken AMI training at the Elementary and Adolescent levels.   Mirka Vlčková is a mother of four children for whom she founded a Montessori Primary and Elementary School in the Czech Republic. She also founded and runs Montessori Institute Prague, an AMI teacher training center in the heart of Europe. Mirka is passionate about helping enthusiastic and inspired people bring Montessori to children in their communities. Recently she started her own podcast called Montessori Institute Prague Podcast.  In our conversation, Marikay and Mirka share a wealth of experiences including raising bilingual children, founding bilingual Montessori schools in Europe, and running an AMI Montessori teacher training center. They also share the goals of the Bilingual Montessori Project and ways that educators, parents, and school administrators can get involved with the project. Follow The Bilingual Montessori Project: ⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ LinkedIn Facebook Follow Multilingual Montessori:⁠ Website⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠Consultations⁠⁠ Patreon⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/multilingual-montessori/support

Today's Frequently Asked Question is: What are the stages of second language acquisition? I'm back with another Frequently Asked Questions episode - a quick, bite-sized episode focusing on one frequently asked question about language acquisition, Montessori language development principles, or multilingualism. I alternate these episodes with the longer-form interviews parents, educators and experts in their fields on topics relating to Montessori and multilingualism that you’re already familiar with. If you have a question about anything related to Montessori and multilingualism that you’d like me to answer on one of these episodes, you can send me a message on Instagram or email me. You can also submit a voice message, and you might hear your voice on a future episode!   Follow Multilingual Montessori: Website Instagram Consultations Patreon --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/multilingual-montessori/support