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Multilingual Montessori

Welcome to Multilingual Montessori, a podcast where we discuss multilingualism, multiculturalism, and raising children from a Montessori perspective. Hosted by AMI Montessori guide and TESOL instructor Gabrielle Kotkov.

Podcast · By Gabrielle Kotkov · English · US · Official site

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Sep 3, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    68. Do similar languages confuse children? (opens the original)

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    In this episode of the Multilingual Montessori Podcast, Gabrielle and Jenna answer a question from a parent raising her son with Portuguese while he attends a Spanish-language preschool. She’s concerned that the similarities between Portuguese and Spanish, along with her own occasional mistakes in Portuguese, might lead to confusion or affect her son’s Portuguese language development. We talk about mutually intelligible languages, cognates, and language transfer, and why learning similar languag

  2. Episode · Aug 6, 2026

    67. How Do I Keep a Minority Language Playgroup in the Minority Language? (opens the original)

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    In this episode of the Multilingual Montessori Podcast, Jenna has a recap of her trip to Ireland! We discuss the revitalization efforts that have been made in the last few decades to bring the Irish language back to a place of prominence in Ireland, and Jenna even shares a phrase in Irish that she learned. Gabrielle is also thrilled to share that her new workshop, Parenting Multilingual Children, is now available! ⁠Check it out here.⁠ This month, we’re answering a question from a US-based parent

  3. Episode · Jul 9, 2026

    66. Bilingualism at Three (and a half!) (opens the original)

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    Today’s conversation is the fourth in a series of check-ins with my good friend and bilingual mom, Samantha! We previously checked in when Samantha’s daughter was 12 months, 15 months, and 18 months old. (If you missed our previous conversations, you can go back and listen to them: they are ⁠episode 50⁠ , ⁠episode 56⁠ , and episode 59 .) And then...I took a hiatus from the podcast! Now it's been two years since our last check-in, and Samantha's daughter is three and a half years old. She has bee

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