The Enriching Environments Podcast

😍 Offering simple choices to young children - why and how 🎈 In this Top Tip Tuesday we looked at the basics of offering simple choices to our young children. The Why: 1) to show respect to our child 2) to support their development of agency and self-direction 3) to ease power struggles How: 1) Freedom of choice primarily comes from the immediate environment, arrange things for your child in a si...

🎉The doors are open for my Montessori at Home Autumn Mentoring Programme! 💖 In this IGLive I launched our 6 week Montessori at Home Mentoring Programme, and talked through the areas we will focus on to help you and your child thrive: ✓ Simple, ordered, beautiful and accessible ✓ Free movement, play and exploration ✓ Simple choices and self discipline ✓ Rich language and positive communication Ev...

To complete this Podcast Series I was so delighted to be joined by Sid Mohandas for Episode 10 of the #montessorimission Sid is a former Montessori Educator and Teacher Trainer, and is a guest lecturer at Middlesex University. Founder of The Male Montessorian themalemontessorian.com and Montistory @montistory101 platforms; he is currently doing his doctorate at Middlesex University. In this work h...

Welcome to ‘The Montessori Mission’ Podcast, 10 Montessorians, 10 Questions, 10 Perspectives, 10 Communities  Today I welcome Prudence Ochuko Daniels, Founder of @momahillschool in Lagos, Nigeria and passionate advocate for Montessori in Africa.  A dynamic entrepreneur and early childhood practitioner with a background in life science, design, and entrepreneurship, Prudence. is a credent...

Welcome to ‘The Montessori Mission’ Podcast, today I talk to Tatenda Blessing Muchiriri, Member Board Of Directors at Moon & Stars Foundation. Hosted by myself, Charlotte Awdry, my mission is to show 10 different voices, perspectives and aspects of Montessori around the world, and the richness it brings in diverse Communities. Born in Zimbabwe, Tatenda discovered Montessori by chance whilst tr...

Pilar Bewley is a mompreneur, homeschool mentor, and Montessori advocate. She was born in Mexico, and spent her childhood traveling between Mexico and the United States. She holds AMI certifications for ages 3-12, a Master’s degree in Montessori education, Positive Discipline parent and classroom certifications, and the Orff Schulwerk I diploma. Hosted by myself, Charlotte Awdry, my mission is to...

Welcome to ‘The Montessori Mission’ podcast, today we talk to Aziza Osman, Human development professional, Founder & CEO at Montiplay and former Board Member at Jusoor. Hosted by myself, Charlotte Awdry, my mission is to show 10 different voices, perspectives and aspects of Montessori around the world, and the richness it brings in diverse Communities. Aziza Osman is a human development profes...

In this Top Tip Tuesday we covered: * the significance of language learning during the crucial early years. * how to enrich your child's language and communication learning experience. * how to 'recast' NOT correct the natural grammatical errors that your child will make as they start to form sentences. * multilingual households. Thank you for joining! Visit enrichingenvironments.com/SHOP for my &...

Thank you for joining me for this Top Tip Tuesday. In this session we covered the huge transition of the arrival of a new baby in the home. We discussed: > Conflicted feelings: how the older child will feel love and a connection to their new sibling at the same time as jealousy and resentment. >Normal behaviours that can occur during this time: Regressions, attention seeking, aggression. &gt...

What does it mean for me to allow my child to expand? What does it mean for me to allow my child to be in their fullness? I had so many beautiful messages about my journal prompt last week regarding expanding our children, so in this Live I talked through 10 ways that we can expand our child, supporting them in becoming the fullness of all they can be. We also talked about expanding our hearts as...

'Play is the work of the child' - the powerful words of Dr Montessori; as relevant now as they were a century ago. In this InstaLive we discussed the importance of play, the benefits, touched on the stages of play and answered a few questions about play. We had lots of lovely viewer engagement, thank you so much! I mention Mildred Parten's Stages of Play during the discussion - this was research f...

🎉 During this Top Tip Tuesday this evening we looked at how connecting through humour, fun and playfulness builds a lasting bond of love, trust and cooperation with our child. 💕 ✓ Finding the route to humour, fun and playfulness with your child is key. Some children love hide & seek, chasing, tickling, others like silly voices, walks and pretending to be animals. Be a detective and find out...

Montessori at Home, what's it all about? > Is it an immaculate home and well-behaved children? 🤪 > Is it controlling or too free? > Is a Montessori Parent always zen, with the right, respectful response to her child at her fingertips? 🧘🏾‍♀️ It's definitely not the above! In this Live we discussed what Montessori Parenting and Montessori in the Home means to me. How Montessori is a way...

This Podcast is available with subtitles on IGTV on Instagram @enrichingenvironments In this Episode of the Montessori Mission podcast, I talk to Barbara Isaacs, President of Montessori Europe: montessori-europe @montessorieurope and co-founder of Montessori Musings: montessori-musings.com @montessorimusingsuk Born in Czechia and living in the UK for more than 50 years Barbara has spent the last 3...

This Podcast is available with subtitles on IGTV on Instagram @enrichingenvironments In this episode, I am honoured to talk to Trisha Moquino, Co-founder of the Keres Children’s Learning Center (KCLC). Trisha is a shining light for the Keres people, and Indigenous people around the world; through her humility, dignity, and commitment to her people, Trisha shows us all what it means to be an anti-r...

This Podcast is available with subtitles on IGTV on Instagram @enrichingenvironments Here in Episode 3 of the Montessori Mission we receive such upliftment and inspiration from Nusaibah Macadam! With 17 years experience in the UK and US, Nusaibah is a 0-12 Montessori Educator and Trainer, now leading the way in pioneering Islamic Montessori Education at Rumi Montessori in Malaysia. She shares her...

In this Top Tip Tuesday we discussed my transformative Summer Mentoring Programme - 'An Introduction to Enriching Environments' 6 week online Programme (with weekly Live Zooms). ❣️ I am so thrilled to dive in with you into Montessori at Home, how you can create an Enriching Environment for your children from newborns to age 6. 🙏🏽 This is a holistic course, so, Module by Module we’ll cover the pr...

Carpentry, woodworking and DIY is of huge value for children from around the Preschooler age. On Instagram Live this week we discussed setting up a real Workshop (with real tools) to support your Preschooler's need for physical, heavy work that involves full body movement: We covered: > How to tell if your child might be ready for these type of tools (there are two key things to look for, hand/...

In this InstaLive we discussed introducing simple meditation techniques to even our very young children. > Meditation is just one of the tools we can have in our parenting toolbox to support our children on their lifelong journey of emotional regulation. (invaluable for us as well ❤️). > We started by talking about how the state of theta achieved in mediation is the same as the brain state o...

In this Top Tip Tuesday we spoke about about the value of offering simple choices to young children so as to empower them, reduce power struggles and develop problem solving skills 😍. It's really straightforward and easy to set up in the home, and all part of being a Montessori Parent (without needing to buy expensive materials or know anything about Montessori Philosophy). Montessori is a way of...

This Podcast is available with subtitles on IGTV on Instagram @enrichingenvironments In Episode 2 of the Montessori Mission I talk to the delightful Akshatha Chandrakanth – a certified Positive Discipline Educator, AMI trained Montessori Assistant for 0-3 years and a mother of a toddler. Passionate about Montessori, positive and conscious parenting style, Akshatha shares her parenting journey via...

This Podcast is available with subtitles on IGTV on Instagram @enrichingenvironments Welcome to Episode 1 of the Montessori Mission! In this episode, we talk to Jeanne-Marie Paynel M.Ed., host of The Art of Parenting podcast and founder of Your Parenting Mentor. I asked her 10 questions to invite discussion and introspection in all of us. Hosted by myself, Charlotte Awdry, my mission is to show 10...

✨Montessori is a way of life - not just pretty shelves!😍 Montessori is a way of life, not just an educational method. You can be a Montessori Parent from the respect, nurturing and guidance you offer to your child; without having any Montessori materials and with having an untidy home. Thank you for joining me! In this Live we tried to unpick a few of the misconceptions about Montessori educatio...

✨ Trusting our inner wisdom - accessing our self confidence in parenting'💕 In this Live we looked at two possible ways of accessing our inner wisdom so we can have more trust and self confidence in ourselves and our parenting; journalling and listening to our body's intelligence. All of the parenting advice in the world can only work in tandem with the guidance that comes from our hearts. All of...

💕 Everything about Toddlers! What they need and how to support them ❤💕 In this Live we talked about Toddlers why this age is misunderstood, how we can support them through our strong connection and bond of love, how we can prepare their environment, and how to awaken their curiosity in the world. You can go deeper into the world of Toddlers by joining my 90 Minute Online Workshops. Visit enrichi...