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Oct 2021
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Normalization with Ginni Sackett

Jesse McCarthy
About this episode

If you're a Montessori teacher who is having challenges in the classroom -- say you have a disruptive child, or a loud child, or maybe a room full of disruptive, loud children -- then this episode is for you. (And if you're just a curious parent, you'll gain some too.)

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