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Mar 2018
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Episode 1 - A brief intro & jumping righ...

Jesse McCarthy
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In our first episode, we have a brief intro about the podcast and then jump right into a conversation about Montessori teaching and parenting with Alessandra Aristimuño, a teacher who works at the Montessori Primary or Casa level, i.e. in a mixed-ages classroom with children ~3 to 6 years old.

https://www.montessorieducation.com/podcast/episode-1

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