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Do You See?
by The Pod Mill
Do You See? Is a podcast about our Mountain West Montessori school community; we are a public K-9 charter school located in South Jordan, Utah. This podcast exists to tell some stories about our students and school, help you get to know our staff, and explore topics relevant to education in general and Montessori education in particular. Enjoy!
Episodes
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Episode 39: Latin Fun for Vocabulary Nerds
Join Angie and her friend, Chuck, to explore the language of Latin! Angie and Chuck go over some Latin self-study tips, basic vocabulary, and grammar. Most importantly, they explain why a knowledge of Latin would be relevant for a modern English-speaker. This week's homework: help your kids...
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Episode 38: Living at Ease
This week's episode is all about frustration tolerance. It turns out-- a higher frustration tolerance leads to a more easeful life! Angie and Alisha discuss strategies for talking about frustration with children and practices for everyone to build a higher frustration tolerance.
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Episode 37: Python, Not the Snake
This week we are continuing to talk about how computer science education is being implemented at MW Montessori. We are joined by Scott Robison to talk about his python elective class that is offered to MW Montessori middle schoolers. Scott, Angie, and Alisha discuss the history and applications…
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Episode 36: The Robot Apocalypse
This week we are joined by Alden Thorpe, computer science specialist at MW Montessori Academy, to talk about the benefits of studying computer science at all grade levels.
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Episode 35: Independence Day
Join Angie and Alisha as they talk about strategies for raising independent and self-confident children. The material from this episode is based on the book, Raising Independent, Self‑Confident Kids: Nine Essential Skills by Donald A. Moses and Wendy Moss.
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Episode 34: The COVID Review and the Return
Join us for the comeback episode of Do You See?! In this episode you will hear what Mountain West Montessori have been up to since the pandemic started and how they are adapting to better serve their students and staff. The homework for this episode is to have a conversation with your family…
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Episode 33: Costa Rica Club
This episode was written and recorded by the students in our Costa Rica Travel Club. These students are going on an educational eco-tourism trip to Costa Rica in April, and created this episode to ask for donations toward their trip. They have been diligently fundraising to be able to go! If you...
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Episode 32: A Lasting Peace
Episode 32: A Lasting Peace In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and special guest Dr. Lois Bobo discuss Montessori peace education in two parts: (1) the teaching of conflict resolutions skills and (2) the instilling of values inherent in long-term respect for each other while still…
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Episode 31: Growing Pains
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Alisha acknowledge the importance of friendships to children and discuss how to handle friendship trouble in a way that communicates capability and allows children to develop resilience by struggling with the bumps in the road while relying on the firm…
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Episode 30: Lucky Stars
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Laura discuss gratitude and how practicing gratitude can increase resilience. Ms. Angie introduces a gratitude exercise that can rewire our brains to decrease our innate negativity bias and train ourselves to scan for positives and appreciate the...
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Episode 29: I Got You Babe
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Melissa talk about our school guidelines for bringing infants to work, and Ms. Melissa shares her experience in bringing her baby, Rosie, to school with her for the past few months. We explore the procedures and guidelines that make this family-friendly option...
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Episode 28: Title One Sure is Fun!
In this short solo episode, Ms. Angie offers enlightenment on just what Title I funding is, where it comes from, and what it is used for at our school. She also reviews MWMA’s Parent & Family Engagement policy and the Parent Compact. If you have ever wondered what Title I means, this episode is…
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Episode 27: The Big League
In this episode, Ms. Angie and her special guest, her son Cambell, discuss high school. Cambell talks about his experiences at Bingham High and gives his tips for having a heart-to-heart conversation with your teenager without offending them. He talks about having a part-time job while in high...
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Episode 26: The Game is Afoot
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Alisha discuss gamification in education. Ms. Alisha spills the beans about her classroom theme next year, and shares her expertise about how to incorporate student academic work into a framework that correlates with curriculum, increases motivation and...
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Episode 25: When Beetles Battle Beetles
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Sandee discuss power struggles—what they are, why they happen, and how to avoid them. Parenting tips abound in this useful discussion, which might reframe your perspective on strong-willed children and help them turn this trait to their advantage.
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Episode 24: Z’s
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Alisha explore the fascinating topic of sleep. How much sleep do we need? What is the importance of dream sleep? Do insects sleep? Why does good “sleep hygiene” look like? You may be surprised to learn that getting adequate quality sleep is one of the biggest...
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Episode 23: The Great Lessons
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Kari explain the Montessori Great Lessons. What exactly are they? Why do we have them? How are they presented? They are part of an authentic Montessori curriculum and are designed to inspire children and ignite their imagination and curiosity. From these Great...
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Episode 22: Mathemaphobia
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Olena discuss mathematical anxiety—is this a real thing? How does it happen? What does it look like? How can we recognize and alleviate it at home and in the classroom? If you’ve ever had your heart race when asked to calculate something, or your...
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Episode 21: I Can’t Remember
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Alisha introduce “memory palaces” and the human talent for spatial memory, as elucidated by Sherlock Holmes and Simonides, the ancient Greek poet who left the banquet only to have the building crash down behind him. We also demonstrate how to perform this feat…
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Episode 20: Food for Thought
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Coach Austin delve into the nitty-gritty details regarding childhood nutrition and the brain. Spoiler alert: kids can learn when they eat healthy food. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about omega-3 fatty acids and where to find them…
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Episode 19: You Asked, We Answered
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Audrey answer all those burning questions we received from students and parents, including the all-important one about Ms. Angie’s Tesla. Feel free to send your question to [email protected].
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Episode 18: It’s All in Your Head
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Kari discuss mindfulness. What is it? And is it a bunch of “woo” or is there solid research behind it? Ms. Angie dates herself with a classic “kids these days” statement and Ms. Kari teaches how breathing can activate the parasympathetic (“rest &...
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Episode 17: Hopes & Fears
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Alisha host a guest panel of three 9 th grade students who share their hopes and fears for high school as they finish up their time at our school…a vulnerable look at how it feels to be a teenager poised on the verge of the next big adventure.
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Ep 16: Those Can-Do Pigs
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Mr. Alden, Ms. Terra, and Ms. Karen talk about initiative and the importance of so-called “soft skills” in success. Do our students sit around waiting for someone else to do something? I don’t think so! Mr. Alden gives a parent homework assignment that is important.
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Ep 15: Belongingness
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Rebecca, and Ms. Melissa K. talk about the human need for belonging and the importance of creating classroom communities of acceptance, inclusion, and social support. Ms. Angie remembers a funny story from Ms. Melissa’s classroom.
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Ep 14: Attention!
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Autumn discuss focus and how students engage with work. They examine the idea of the state of “flow”, as researched by a Hungarian psychologist whose name Ms. Angie bravely attempts to pronounce, and Ms. Alisha says some things that she hopes her...
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Ep 13: Advice from the Pros
In this episode, Ms. Angie and Ms. Alisha interview three students, a 7th grader, 8th grader, and 9th grader about their school experiences and get all the pro tips about surviving and thriving in Middle School. They may or may not also get all the dirt on the Middle School teachers…
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Ep 12: Culinary Denial
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Chef Rick Pettingill discuss our amazing school lunches and Chef Rick shares some tips for getting our students to try new foods. Ms. Angie shares some research about how important good nutrition is for developing bodies, and tells the story of her...
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Ep 11: Montessori 101
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Hailey talk about the essentials of the Montessori method and the difficulty in trying to explain it all quickly, because there is so much to it! With 20/20 hindsight, we postulate that perhaps this should have been Episode 1 instead of Episode 11,...
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Ep 10: I Heart Books
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, Ms. Melissa, Ms. Sheri, and Ms. Kimberly discuss the love of reading, and the amount of literacy expertise in this group is sure to impart some wisdom. They tell the stories of their own pathway to loving books, and give some opinions on graphic novels and...
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Ep 9: The Softest Brick Wall
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Kari discuss boundaries and the Montessori notion of “freedom within limits”. They also dispel the myth that students in Montessori school can do whatever they want, expound upon the safety that consistent limits give to children, and Ms. Angie…
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Ep 8: Going Out
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Laura discuss experiential learning and the ways in which going out into the world can benefit students. Ms. Angie is a glutton for punishment when it comes to taking students on trips, Ms. Laura’s secret nickname is revealed, and Ms. Alisha tells…
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Ep 7: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
In this episode, Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Allison discuss the terrifying topic of the adolescent brain. It turns out this is the second biggest time of change for the human brain, as you might have guessed if you happen to have a teenager around the house. Ms. Angie has survived raising…
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Ep 6: : Friendly Mistakes
In this episode Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, Ms. Melissa, and Mr. Alden discuss growth mindset, which emerged from research at Stanford University, and how we can help children become friendly with their mistakes and develop the resilience to take risks. Mr. Alden creates a metaphor using the weather,...
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Ep 5: A Pulchritudinous Episode
In this episode Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Becca lucidly discuss some recondite vocabulary words and ask: how do we learn new words and how do we foster a rich vocabulary in children? Ms. Angie puts Ms. Alisha and Ms. Becca on the spot with a vocabulary test, and Greek and Latin roots are...
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Ep 4: Possibilities
In this episode Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Katie discuss creativity and present some excellent evidence that Montessori-educated children are more creative than their traditionally-educated peers. Ms. Angie asserts (not for the first time) that her job is never boring, and brags about some of...
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Ep. 3 Sorry Not Sorry
In this episode Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Melissa discuss conflict resolution and the four styles of communication, as well as the use of the peace table to increase students’ emotional intelligence. Ms. Angie tells of a peace table between a young boy and girl that may or may not reinforce...
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Ep 2: Your Attitude Is Showing
In this episode Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, Ms. Melissa, and Ms. Rebecca talk about the benefits of positive thinking and gratitude. They stress the importance of having fun at work, which they certainly do, and Ms. Rebecca tells a story about the longest word in the Oxford dictionary, despite the…
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Ep 1: I Already Knew That
In this pilot episode Ms. Angie, Ms. Alisha, and Ms. Melissa explore confirmation bias, in which humans fool themselves by giving more weight to evidence that confirms their existing ideas than to evidence that contradicts them. Ms. Angie confesses her own confirmation biases.
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Do You See? Is a podcast about our Mountain West Montessori school community; we are a public K-9 charter school located in South Jordan, Utah. This podcast exists to tell some stories about our students and school, help you get to know our staff, and explore topics relevant to education in general and Montessori education in particular. Enjoy!
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