Montessori Moms in the Wild
Episodes
What Even is Peace Education?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
After a months-long podcast disappearance (travel, life chaos, and Laura’s dad passing in November), the three Montessori-trained moms pop back in w...
Summer Catch Up!
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Moms are BACK! Rachel, Megan and Laura sit down to their dusty microphones for a much needed catch up session. Sit back and relax while your favor...
Revisiting Fantasy: Navigating a 19th Century Philosophy in a 21st Century World
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rachel and Laura discuss balancing the elements of fantasy and reality in parenting from a Montessori perspective. They talk about ho...
Stave Off "The Summer Slide" with Megan & Laura
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Megan do a surprisingly good job of holding a relatively focused, unscripted conversation to share their top tips for maintaining educationa...
Emotional Regulation & Montessori Pt 2
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Finally circling back for the back half of our previous discussion! As caregivers and/or educators, we all deal with young children who have big feel...
Coffee Talk: Montessori Homeschooling Strategies and Insights with Lynda
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild, host Rachel welcomes seasoned educator and Montessori coach, Lynda, to discuss variou...
Crossover Episode with All Things Montessori!
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our very own Rachel Martin sits down with Rachel Merle-Smith of All Things Montessori to tell her story and discuss, you guessed it, all things Montes...
Coffee Talk: Other People's Bodies with Laura
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Coffee Talk episode, Laura, a trained Montessori educator and mother of two, shares her approach to managing children's curiosity about other ...
Coffee Talk: Floor Beds with Rachel
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this short but sweet Coffee Talk, Rachel covers the widespread image of Montessori floor beds. She discusses what their purpose is, as well as what...
Emotional Regulation & Montessori Pt 1
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As caregivers and/or educators, we all deal with young children who have big feelings and lots of emotions! It is a topic discussed a lot on social me...
Coffee Talk: How Practical Life Transformed Megan's Classroom
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Coffee Talk, Megan sits down (with a surprise guest) to chat about her journey to normalization in her brand new Children's Hou...
Montessori Moms Talk SANTA!
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tis the season to circle back and re-evaluate our game plans on tackling the topic of Santa Claus as Montessorians! Laura and Rachel sit down in thi...
Coffee Talk: Foundations of Phonics and Letter Sounds with Laura
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You've asked, and we are finally delivering! Laura delves into the topic of early phonics and letter sounds, particularly for children aged three to s...
Montessori Moms Go VIRAL!
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a seemingly simple reel goes viral, Laura, Megan, and Rachel sit down to discuss the unexpected increase in followers and social media engagemen...
Coffee Talk: Managing the Witching Hours & Evening Routines with Rachel
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild, Rachel, a Montessori-trained mom of three, discusses the challenges and solutions for...
Coffee Talk: Connect THEN Redirect with Megan
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild, Megan reflects on her recent thoughts about appropriate consequences for children'...
It's Back to School Season! Tips From Teacher Moms
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Montessori Moms in the Wild, Rachel and Laura, trained Montessori guides and moms, offer comforting and practical advice for parent...
Coffee Talk: Getting Over Your Parents with Laura
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of 'Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild', Laura, a Montessori-trained mother of 2, shares insights from an excerpt of...
Coffee Talk: Managing 3 Kids with Rachel
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been listening for a while you already know Rachel's husband works super long hours, leaving Rachel solo from wake up to bed time! N...
Welcome Back, Rachel!
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we thoroughly enjoyed a chance to catch up as our beloved Rachel returns from maternity leave as a mom of three! Not a lot of philosophy cov...
Coffee Talk: Apologizing to Kids with Laura
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of 'Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild,' Laura explores the importance of apologizing to children. She discusses a s...
What is Cosmic Education? Breaking Down the Curriculum of the Elementary Classroom
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Megan and Laura as they give us a quick and demystified run down of the heart and soul of the academic curriculum of the Montessori elementary cl...
Coffee Talk: Rachel's Third Birth Story
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild, Rachel recounts the day she welcomed her third child. Nothing specifically about th...
Worst Episode Ever! (AKA Anything BUT Montessori)
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel is on maternity leave, which means, you guessed it, Laura and Megan are a couple of hot messes without her! In this episode we go completely ro...
Coffee Talk: Reflecting on Mistakes with Megan
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild, Megan shares her personal reflections on mistakes she made early in her Montessori ca...
Q&A Part 1 with Megan and Laura
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You asked, and we've delivered! In this first part of a Q&A style conversation based on requests that were submitted via our Instagram storie...
Coffee Talk: Homeschool Routine with Rachel
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Coffee Talk, Rachel answers listener requests as she shares about her daily routine as a Montessori homeschooler with a 21 month old and a new...
Tattling in the Second Plane
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Children in the second plane of development (ages 6-12, but especially ages 6-9!) are navigating the rules of society, and beginning to understand the...
Coffee Talk: Choosing Your Battles with Laura
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Montessori Moms in the Wild, Laura discusses the struggle of managing adult responsibilities while also allowing children the freed...
Normalization in the Montessori Setting
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Normalization- a term many come across when learning more about the Montessori classroom. What does it mean? What does it look and feel like? How do w...
Coffee Talk: Listen to This When You're About to LOSE it! With Megan
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Coffee Talk, Megan is inspired by a particularly hard day to create something grounding for parents who find themselves on the edge. She share...
Getting Back into Rhythm & Involving Children in Household Chores
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They're back! Join hosts Laura, Megan, and Rachel, as they discuss how they are getting back into their daily rhythm after a busy holiday season. ...
Coffee Talk: Health, Fitness, and Montessori with Megan
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Coffee Talk, Megan discusses her personal fitness and nutrition journey as a new mother, and how it ties back to her role as a Montesso...
Nature
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nature's transformative power has a profound effect on a child’s development, a core aspect of Montessori education. Exposure to, and interactio...
Coffee Talk: Parenting Two Totally Different Kids with Rachel
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel sits down and shares her experience parenting the second time around- how her children have differed, and how those differences can be so chall...
Sensorial in a Montessori Environment and Tips for Home
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to create a rich sensorial environment that fosters development and learning in your child? Are you looking for practical ways to incorpor...
Coffee Talk: Laura Chats with Chris, Montessori Dad in the Wild!
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Laura has a very special guest joining her for this Coffee Talk, her husband, Chris! We asked Chris if he would be willing to come have a chat about h...
Concentration : How to Help Your Child Focus
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today's podcast episode on how to understand and help your childs' concentration around the Montessori philosphy for different ages...
Screen Time and Child Development: A Montessori Approach
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Screen time can be tough to manage, especially with young kids. On the one hand, it can be a great way to keep them entertained and learning. On the o...
Coffee Talk: Preparation with Megan
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hang out with Megan as she sits down to a casual, unscripted chat about some of the recent changes she has made in her routine that have yielded huge ...
The Three-Year Cycle of Montessori Teaching
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the three-year cycle of Montessori teaching, which is a framework for understanding how children develop and learn. We tal...
Coffee Talk: Rachel's Homeschool Journey
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this short and sweet mini episode Rachel shares a bit about her homeschool journey so far. She explains how she came to home schooling, the highs a...
Summer Catch Up : Tales from our Crazy Lives
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the exciting and eventful lives of our hosts as they share their experiences and milestones from the past fe...
Coffee Talk: The Fourth Trimester/Extrogestation with Laura
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode before our summer break, Laura discusses what she learned about the concept of the “fourth trimester,” or the first three mon...
Homeschooling and the Joy of Montessori with Lynda Apostol
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready to meet Lynda Apostol, also known as "The Montessori Teacher". As a former teacher, instructional coach, and administrator in various educat...
Coffee Talk: Storytelling with Megan
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Megan's first coffee talk episode she circles back to the importance of storytelling. Children in the first two planes of development truly che...
Introduction to the Language Area for Primary or Children's House Level
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today's episode where we're going to focus on language development for young children. Last time, we laid down some foundations in the tod...
Coffee Talk: Self-Serve Snack with Rachel
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rachel gives tips and tricks for how she has set up her toddler's self-serve snack and food prep in her home. Preparing the envir...
How to Prepare Your Toddler for Reading and Writing
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today is the first episode of an exclusive series based on language through the Montessori Philosophy. We will break each episode into sections of Phi...
Coffee Talk: Redirection with Laura
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Coffee Talk with Montessori Moms in the Wild! This is a segment where we will either circle back to a topic we want to unpack some more, sh...
The Absorbent Mind
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We tend to do things so fast, like a diaper change, our children are absorbing every single thing - like the warmth of your hand, the touch, the cold...
Let's talk speech therapy with speech-language pathologist Lenay Ludwig
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are thrilled to have Lenay Ludwig, licensed speech-language pathologist and founder of Splashes of Speech, join us today. From our family's p...
Toilet Learning: What to do if things go wrong
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll be discussing toilet learning and the steps you can take if things don't go according to plan. We understand that it doesn't al...
Montessori Moms: Q&A
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we'll be wrapping up the final math lesson before moving on to other academic topics. We understand that not everyone may be interest...
Math Part 2: Ages 3-6
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of our conversation about the Montessori approach to teaching mathematics, Megan breaks down the major goals for the Primary level...
Montessori Math Part 1: Toddlers & Babies (AKA Chill Out, Everybody!)
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We have had a multitude of requests to do a deeper dive into the Montessori curriculum. Our amazing listeners have been wanting us to lay out the scop...
How to Find an Authentic Montessori Program
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we want to talk about a topic that has come up a lot, both in personal conversations with friends, and in our direct messages with many of you l...
Freedom & Limits: How Does Freedom Actually Lead To Self-Discipline?
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Admittedly, the concept of children having so much more freedom in a Montessori setting is one that is often misunderstood and even gives the philosop...
The Ultimate Montessori Holiday Guide, Unwrapped
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Somehow it is already December again, and that means many of us are officially in the thick of the holiday season! After sharing a quick infographic o...
A Conversation with Montessori Baby Expert, Bianca Solorzano
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we are thrilled to introduce our guest, Bianca Solorzano. Bianca is an infant development & Montessori consultant, blogger for Bab...
Human Tendencies, Part 3 of 3
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the third part of a three part discussion on Human Tendencies. Maria Montessori designed her philosophy and curriculum in a way that w...
Human Tendencies, Part 2 of 3
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the second part of a three part discussion on Human Tendencies. Maria Montessori designed her philosophy and curriculum in a way that ...
Human Tendencies, Part 1 of 3
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Montessori designed her philosophy and curriculum in a way that would promote the development of what she called universal human tendencies. Hum...
Montessori on Wheels: A Conversation with Tatenda Blessing Muchiriri
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we had the pleasure of talking with Tatenda Muchiriri. Tatenda was born in Zimbabwe and discovered his love of Montessori when he mov...
Our Montessori Garden with Becky
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are thrilled to introduce our guest, Becky, who runs a beautifully brilliant Instagram page called Our Montessori Garden. In a short time, sh...
Risky Play & Getting Dirty
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a parent, one of our top priorities is keeping our children safe. The world we live in can feel very scary; and some days being a parent feels like...
Multilingual Montessori: A Conversation with Gabrielle Kotkov
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we meet with Gabrielle Kotkov of Multilingual Montessori and discuss how a multilingual/multicultural approach to raising children can go so wel...
Fantasy VS Imagination: Can Montessorians Believe in Santa?
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As promised, we are circling back to the topic of fantasy and imagination as it relates to the Montessori philosophy. We have been excited to discuss ...
Lying: Why Kids Lie to Us and Why We Try Not to Lie to Our Kids
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are excited to dig deeper into lying. We discuss why our children may lie to us, and why we strive to be honest with our children. We hop...
The Art of Observation: How, When, and WHY to Observe Your Child
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are excited to dig deeper into observation and what it means in the Montessori philosophy. We discuss how observation is more than just l...
My MonteHome with Shehzadi
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are thrilled to introduce our guest, Shehzadi, Montessori Professional, founder of My MonteHome. Shehzadi is certified in Montessori educ...
Montessori Dads in the Wild: A Conversation with Megan's Husband
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The people asked, and we have delivered! This episode is a deviation from the normal routine, as Megan sits down with her husband, Jacob, and gets the...
“That’s Yoga!”: Practicing Mindfulness with Kelly Fagan
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We are BACK!!! And this week we are very excited to talk to mother and entrepreneur, Kelly from Namaste with Kelly. She has a background in Special Ed...
Characteristics of the Second Plane
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode of our first season, Rachel takes the night off to prepare for the newest member of our community (store), while Laura and Megan ...
Strugglehood
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we deviate from the regularly scheduled program to have a real and honest conversation about what we are struggling with the most righ...
What is a Sensitive Period?: Part 2
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this second half of our chat about Montessori's Sensitive Periods we cover the windows for (and importance of) Refinement of the Senses, Grace &...
What is a Sensitive Period?: Part 1
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part episode we discuss the importance of understanding what are known in the Montessori world as the "sensitive periods" in a child's dev...
Potty in the USA!
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Megan and Rachel discuss the differences between the traditional "Potty Training" method and the lesser-known "Toilet Learning" me...
"I Do It!": The Importance of Independence
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why is independence SO important to development? Why can it be soooo hard?! Join us as we unpack our feelings on independence at the end of a long day...
Old MacDonald Had a School: What is a Montessori Farm School?
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are thrilled to introduce our guest, Nicole, from Montessori for Moms. Nicole is a fellow Montessori mom in the wild as she is a mother of tw...
Manners Matter: What is Grace & Courtesy?
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We finally dig into one of our favorite pillars of the Montessori philosophy and curriculum- Grace & Courtesy. We will discuss what it means, why ...
Growing Up Montessori with Melissa Neubek
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today we will chat with our first ever guest, Melissa Neubek! Melissa was raised in the Montessori philosophy (both at home and at school), and later ...
It's Their Party, They Can Cry if They Want To!
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our eighth episode we discuss the myriad reasons children cry, and how we apply the Montessori philosophy to handling these BIG emotions.
A Bada$$ Queen: Maria Montessori
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve talked A LOT about Maria Montessori and the Montessori Method. But we haven’t talked about the queen herself. Who was Maria Montessori and w...
Q & A: Ask us things!
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You asked and we answered! We dove into some of your questions and have some answers to share with you. Ready, set, LISTEN!!
Praise & Punishment
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we aim to demystify the idea that there is no praise or punishment within the Montessori philosophy. What does it mean to trade puniti...
Getting Practical About Practical Life
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Montessori defined Practical Life as… purposeful activities that develop motor control and coordination, and develop independence, concentrati...
Prepared Environment (Part 2)
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We will continue where we left off last week. If you missed out, feel free to go back and listen to last week’s episode where Laura gave us a great ...
Prepared Environment (Part 1)
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally the “prepared environment” Maria Montessori spoke of, is the classroom environment the child is a part of. But as moms/parents, thi...
Preparation
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we introduce the Montessori philosophy and preparing yourself as a parent. This is to be done BEFORE we bring the Montessori Method i...