On today's podcast I had so much fun chatting to Nicole Kavanaugh of The Kavanaugh Report, mother of four children (and a dog), raising four children in a Montessori way. So if you've ever thought it might be easy to raise children in a Montessori way with one child, but struggled once there were some siblings involved, this episode will help you breathe a sigh of relief and give you an insight into how it can be a more relaxing way to parent, even in larger families.We cover so much in this conversation including:dealing with 4 children who may be needing her help and how she gets them to help each otherwhat Nicole does when siblings are in disagreementthe different needs of a second plane child (6-12) and how they view the worldhow Nicole uses her spaces in an intentional way to meet everyone's needshow she looks after herselfsome of their favourite practical life activities and the value of including children around the homeways to give maximum effort to a toddler/preschoolerMontessori DIY ideas and her favourite thrift store findswhat she's learning about with her fourth childtheir experience using a floor bedhow she gets her husband on board with the Montessori approachhow they maintain their partnership with 4 young childrenand, something now often talked about, how she dealt with her miscarriagesI also talk about how I use Ayurveda to support being a Montessori teacher and parent and give an introduction to Ayurvedic principles. As well as answer a listener question about when a child throws, hits and laughs.For full show notes, click here: https://www.themontessorinotebook.com/raising-four-children-in-a-montessori-way/Want even more Montessori inspiration?- website: themontessorinotebook.com/the-montessori-notebook-podcast- instagram: instagram.com/themontessorinotebook- facebook: facebook.com/themontessorinotebook- my online courses: themontessorinotebook.com/online-courses/The Montessori Notebook podcast is hosted by Simone Davies. Edited by Luke Davies of Filmprov Media. Podcast art by Hiyoko Imai.