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Monthly Q&A Session – AMA – from April 12th 2026

Charlotte Snyder

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This is a video from the “ASK ME ANYTHING” session with Charlotte Snyder, from April 12th, 2026.
Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their thoughtful questions!

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Charlotte Snyder's April 2026 live Q&A starts with teachers and how they can support the families in their school. It then turns to parents of toddlers and preschoolers, with questions about choosing a preschool for a 21-month-old and three-year-olds who drop their homeschool work. Other chapters take up phonics games a child refuses, and whether a long uninterrupted work period belongs at home. It ends with a defiant three-year-old.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 How to get families to use resources like the club
  2. 4:08 Answering parents' questions with kindness, never judgment
  3. 8:11 You can't want it more than the family does
  4. 17:33 Choosing a preschool for a 21-month-old by your own values
  5. 25:19 Rank your priorities, visit in person and trust your choice
  6. 34:06 When a family won't sign the form for speech therapy
  7. 41:54 Three-year-old twins drop homeschool work: movement is work
  8. 49:01 Chores and gardening as your homeschool curriculum
  9. 56:57 Slowing down so they can dress, cook and fold napkins
  10. 1:06:31 Set homeschool days: what really draws them is time with you
  11. 1:10:00 When they refuse phonics games, play sound games at lunch
  12. 1:16:50 Why self-efficacy matters most, from socks to Lego
  13. 1:20:53 Why you don't need a three-hour work cycle at home
  14. 1:25:55 Why toys and learning materials can share one shelf
  15. 1:33:43 You're the expert in your child, and it's okay to experiment
  16. 1:40:31 A defiant three-year-old: from compliance to cooperation
  17. 1:43:26 Giving two neutral choices and following through
  18. 1:47:42 Don't punish the behavior you want to see repeated

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Charlotte Snyder

Charlotte Snyder is a Montessori-trained educator, coach, and passionate advocate for respectful, developmentally aligned parenting and classroom leadership. She attended Montessori through elementary school in California, completed her primary training at Montessori Northwest in 2010, and holds a Master of Education degree from Loyola University Maryland. Charlotte has spent years sharing Montessori philosophy with families through writing, teaching, and coaching, and is dedicated to helping adults align intention with impact and nurture independence, curiosity, and connection.

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