Junnifa Uzodike spent this LiveTalk on Montessori in the homes most of us actually live in: small, busy, and nothing like the photos. She starts by treating Montessori as a lens rather than a set of materials, and walks through the four planes of development, which she calls the Montessori secret, so you can see what your child is building right now. Then she takes the prepared environment back to its basics. Can your child reach what they need on their own? Is there order they can help create and restore? A big house, she says, can make that harder, not easier.
In the recording you will also hear her SIMPLE framework for the first time (Simplify, Involve, Model, Pause, Look, Enjoy), why the same human tendencies make Montessori work in any culture, what involving a toddler can look like on a tired weekday evening, from handing you tomatoes to sorting cutlery or simply being close, and why the kitchen is her favourite place to parent. She closes with the one thing she would keep if everything else feels like too much: live with your children and be present.
