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In this episode of Tilt Parenting, I bring back to the show Simone Davies, a Montessori teacher and parent educator who runs a Montessori playgroup in Amsterdam for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers up to four years old. Through her online business, The Montessori Notebook, Simone focuses on helping parents learn how to bring Montessori into their home.\xa0\nToday Simone and I are talking about the \u201cspaces\u201d in our home\u2014specifically how we can best design and set them up to support our differently-wired kids. I\u2019ve watched as Simone developed her virtual e-course, Setting Up Your Home Montessori Style, and I was struck by how the approach she talks about in her course directly relates to the things we as parents can do to support our kids in developing those crucial executive functioning skills, like task initiation, time management, planning, and organizing, as well as fostering independence. In this episode, we\u2019ll talk about how we can set up our homes\u2014our kitchen, bedroom, shoes and coat area, homework space\u2014to support our children in fostering these skills.\xa0\n\xa0Simone Davies is also the author of The Montessori Toddler, a comprehensive guide to raising your toddler in a Montessori way. It includes Montessori activities, how to set up your home, and how to encourage cooperation from your children, and The Montessori Baby.\xa0\nThings you\u2019ll learn from this episode\xa0\n\nHow to set up the shoes and coat area to help kids \u201cget out the door\u201d with success and independence\n\nHow making checklists for our kids can instill in them a sense of responsibility while also easing transitions\n\nWhat parents who aren\u2019t naturally organized can support themselves\n\nThe gifts of decluttering and clearing our space\n\nThe importance of making a homework space inviting and distraction-free\n\nTips for setting up spaces to foster more independence in children\n\nWhy making things attractive, cozy, and comfortable benefits our kids\n\n\xa0Resources mentioned for supporting children\u2019s growth at home\xa0\n\nThe Montessori Notebook\n\nSimone Davies on Strategies for Staying Calm in Difficult Situations\n\n\nSetting Up Your Home Montessori-Style\xa0\n\n\nJulie George on the Role of Executive Functioning in Differently-Wired Kids\xa0\n\nSwitch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard\n\nSupport the showConnect with Tilt Parenting\n Visit Tilt Parenting\n Take the free 7-Day Challenge \n Read a chapter of Differently Wired \n Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram \n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices