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What Art Teaches Us with Katherine Cespedes

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Send us Fan Mail In Season 2 Episode 26 of our Montessori Babies podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing a fellow Montessori Mama, Katherine Cespedes! She had an amazing presentation on what art teaches young children and parents alike! This week we discussed: What art can teach young childrenWhat we can do to best support their artistic journeysResearch on art and child developmentMontessori and art principle comparisonsand much more!You can find the resources that Katherine wanted to s...

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