Today we get into the woman behind the Montessori approach - yes, Dr Montessori herself in a lovely conversation with her great granddaughter, Carolina Montessori. Listen to this conversation and learn about:

• Dr Montessori's years working in psychiatric hospitals and anthropology before working in education
• Her work as a feminist
• How she became so well-known in an era before the internet and instagram
• An insight into her relationship with her own son, Mario, who was born out of wedlock
• Carolina's work in the AMI archives including books of letters from her great-grandmother to her family
• What it is like to grow up in the Montessori family and how Carolina raised her own children in a Montessori way
• Carolina's own beautiful story being married to the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq and Minister of Finance
• a visit to a school in Kurdistan, Iraq
• and problems getting Montessori into the public system

Simone also talks about a Montessori approach to food and answers another listener question:

How is a day in your room with the parents? Do they just observe or are they with you or with the kids all the time?... Gracias!!

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The Montessori Notebook podcast is hosted by Simone Davies. Edited by Luke Davies of Filmprov Media. Podcast art by Hiyoko Imai.