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Jun 2025
47m 49s

Stave Off "The Summer Slide" with Megan ...

Montessori Moms in the Wild
About this episode

Laura and Megan do a surprisingly good job of holding a relatively focused, unscripted conversation to share their top tips for maintaining educational momentum over the summer for preschool and elementary-aged children. As always, the aim is to empower parents with realistic, low-maintenance ideas for staving off pesky summer retention issues (aka the summer "slide") while keeping it fun enough that you *maybe* don't completely lose your mind this summer break....? GOOD LUCK.

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