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Sep 2020
46m 34s

Pandemic Pods and Montessori Micro-Schoo...

Jesse McCarthy
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"You are saving our sanity ... even our marriages!" Micro-school mom to her child's in-home teacher

Curious about options outside of "normal" online schooling and in-person classrooms? This discussion with Alejandra Tryon — Montessori teacher, consultant, and micro-school master — is for you.

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