Do You See? The Pod Mill
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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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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 understand that the modern English language is derived from many different, older languages.
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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 of the python coding language.
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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 about strategies for determining truth.