The Montessori Parent: Mindset & Lifestyle Tips
My New Life
Kate Garlinge
4.7 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Montessori parents can give the impression that they do it all: organized home, tidy bedrooms, carefully ordered trays and activities. Sometimes it seems like Montessori sets the bar really high — so high that it feels unattainable for a busy parent.
My New Life host Jessica Rolph speaks with Kylie D’Alton, an Australian mom that has gone a long way toward making Montessori principles more accessible. Kylie is the author of the popular blog How We Montessori, and in today’s episode, she shares valuable tips on how to bring Montessori into our homes in ways that don't involve accumulating more stuff.
Key Takeaways:
[1:06] Thinking like a Montessori parent.
[2:50] The benefits of observing and allowing children to experience something for themselves over correcting or teaching.
[4:51] Kylie explains how she introduces the real before the abstract and the benefits to your toddler’s development.
[6:35] What sort of things does Kylie involve her toddler in?
[10:25] How did Kylie take the Montessori approach to potty training?
[13:26] Kylie shares some of her favorite memories of Montessori learning at home.
[14:43] Jessica reviews the highlights of her conversation with Kylie.
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| 0:00.0 | Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby. |
| 0:12.8 | A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm Jessica Rolfe, and this is my new life, a love every podcast. |
| 0:29.4 | Montessori parents can give the impression that they do it all. Organized home, tidy bedrooms, |
| 0:34.8 | carefully ordered trays and activities. sometimes it seems like Montessori |
| 0:38.7 | sets the bar really high, so high that it feels unattainable for a busy parent. One Aussie mom |
| 0:45.4 | has gone a long way toward making Montessori principles more accessible. Her name is Kylie Dalton. |
| 0:51.6 | She is the author of the very popular blog called Howie Montessori. And I had the |
| 0:56.4 | pleasure of mining her for some of her tips on how to bring Montessori into our homes. Here we go. |
| 1:02.1 | So Kylie, tell me about the mindset of the Montessori parent. What does that look like? |
| 1:06.8 | Mindset is absolutely everything. I mean, you can have toys, materials, but if you don't have |
| 1:11.4 | the right mindset, it's going to be hard work for you. It's not going to fall into place. |
| 1:15.5 | So I think the first thing that we need to remember as parents is just to observe our children, |
| 1:21.1 | see what they're doing and what they like to do and observe and try to meet their needs. |
| 1:26.9 | And that can be hard to do because we're so busy organizing. |
| 1:29.6 | We organise things and get materials and toys and activities that we think that they |
| 1:34.6 | might want to use or that we think they should be using. |
| 1:37.7 | Whereas if we can observe them and see what they like to be doing or what their needs are |
| 1:41.8 | or what skills they like to be practicing right now, |
| 1:44.7 | then we can provide for them and try to meet those needs. But I think from a parenting |
| 1:51.7 | perspective, and this is what I learned very early on, we also need to let go of the process |
| 1:56.6 | and have confidence in our child. I like to have my house clean and organised and be controlled |
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