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For the second episode in our new season focused on tackling the hard stuff, we're taking on a question that listeners have asked: how can we apply the Science of Reading in a Montessori setting? To help explore that question, we're joined by the three authors of the recent book Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom: Aligning Reading Research and Practice. Listen to Dr. Susan Zoll, Dr. Natasha Feinberg, and Dr. Laura Saylor as they explore the shared qualities between the Science of Reading and Montessori approach. They share tips and guidance for literacy instruction both inside and outside a Montessori setting and end with an impassioned call to educators from all approaches to come together and learn from each other for the benefit of students everywhere.

Show notes:

• Book: Powerful Literacy in the Montessori Classroom: Aligning Reading Research and Practice, by Susan Zoll, Natasha Feinberg, and Laura Saylor
• Book: Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching, by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes

Quotes:
\\u201cMaria Montessori was a scientist first. She developed her methods based on science.\\u201d \\u2014Laura Saylor

\\u201cReading is the human rights issue of our era in education and we want all children to be successful.\\u201d\\u2014Susan Zoll

\\u201cI encourage everyone, get together with your colleagues, talk about the different pedagogy, talk about the different strategies that are out there, because that is what is going to help us become better in the field of education.\\u201d\\u2014 Natasha Feinberg

\\u201cFor those trained in both Science of Reading and Montessori education, there were clear and undeniable parallels between them.\\u201d\\u2014Susan Zoll

\\u201cTeachers want students to be good readers. That is what is underlying our instruction\\u2014 whether we are Montessori, whether we're teaching in a public school.\\u201d\\u2014Natasha Feinberg

\\u201cIf you're a Montessori and continue to use your Montessori language, absolutely follow your philosophy and the pedagogy, but also begin to engage with this language of research because it can elevate the conversation and it can expand our reach into the greater world of education.\\u201d\\u2014Susan Zoll

\\u201cCome see what we do and know that we're willing to share.\\u201d \\u2014Laura Saylor

\\u201cWe all want children to have access to wonderful reading instruction. We all want children to have the opportunities and life that each of them deserves. And if we are not working together and we're busy labeling and [in a] silo then we really aren't going to have the collective impact we might have otherwise.\\u201d \\u2014Laura Saylor