TPP 147: Simone Davies Talks About the Montessori Philosophy and Differently Wired Kids
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is the Montessori philosophy and why is it relevant for differently wired children?
Earlier I mentioned that the Montessori teacher is often called a guide and I like to think of a parent in that way as well, because a guide will step in and stop you if you're, you know, crossing the boundaries, but they also can give you a lot of freedom. We don't also take it personally because we're not their boss. We're just stepping in to guide them and to support them where they're at.
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. My name is Debbie Rieber and I'm the host of this show. And today I am bringing back to the podcast my dear, dear friend, fellow parent, Montessori educator, and now author, Simone Davis. Simone runs a Montessori playgroup in Amsterdam called Jacaranda Tree and is the woman behind the Montessori Notebook, an online training and resource for bringing Montessori into the home. And she has been on the show in the past to talk about strategies for staying calm in difficult moments, and how we can set up our homes to foster more independence in our kids.
But today we're gonna take a big step back and talk about the Montessori philosophy, what exactly it is, why it can be such a good fit for differently wired kids, and how parents can tap into the Montessori approach to Simone also has a book coming out in just a few weeks. It's called The Montessori Toddler, a Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being. And so today, Simone will tell us a little bit about her book as well and explain how you can get some of her thoughtful, really useful pre-order bonuses if you purchase her book before it comes out. As Simone and I are very close friends, this conversation is actually like many of the chats we've had over the years talking about parenting philosophies and different approaches and our kids.
So I invite you to imagine that you're just pulling up a chair and joining Simone and me for a cup of coffee to talk about how to help our awesome kids thrive. I hope you enjoy the show. Thank you so much. And now here is my conversation with Simone. Well, welcome to Till Parenting, Simone.
Thank you so much. I love being back again in the studio virtually, this time
across the oceans. It's the first time we're doing it across the pond, which is very sad. For those of you who listened to the show, you may or read my book, you may know that Simone is is my person and uh and has been m one of my anchors in Amsterdam, so But it's nice that we can look at each other while we're doing this conversation. So for those of you who haven't heard Simone before, she's been on the show twice. Um, so I'll leave links to those conversations in the show notes pages. But Simone has a new book coming out and it's about the Montessori toddler. And so I wanted to bring her back on to talk about that, but also just talk about Montessori as a philosophy because our other episodes were about designing your space for Montessori and about having more calm.
But I I've been reading more and more about how Montessori can be such a great type of education philosophy for certain differently wired kids. So I thought let's use this opportunity to just talk generally about Montessori and why it can be such a good fit for some kids and then we can talk about toddlers as well. Does that sound like a good plan?
I think that sounds great. And I think that it applies um to any age child. And, you know, it basically a differently wired child is almost like a toddler because we have to be their prefrontal cortex for them because that's still developing really, you know. So I think a lot of the things that we talk about with toddlers you would see even for an eight year old differently wired child would it completely you know apply as well.
Or a fourteen year old differently wired child sometimes. Yes,
in Asha's case.
Yeah, that's good. I actually like that reframe. If you do think of it that way, suddenly things make more sense. Yeah. So I was gonna ask you the big question I ask everyone.
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