Giveaway: Win an Online Montessori Course From World Wide Montessori Online!!

I have been given this awesome opportunity to offer my readers a chance to win this course from World Wide Montessori Online.  I signed up for this course last summer and have been amazed by all the great information she has to share.  You can check out my blog post from last July or head right on over to World Wide Montessori Online to check out what Karen Tyler has to offer.

If you enroll in this Pre-Primary (ages 2-6) course you will "receive a certificate stating that you have completed a pre-primary training course (2-6 years old) by World Wide Montessori On-line and signed by Karen Tyler, AMS."  She states that this certificate has been accepted by learning institutions for employment.  But that wasn't why I was interested in the course.  I have had some previous training in Montessori from the Montessori I worked at from 2000-2004 and 2006-2007.  I loved my job and I was really interested in the Montessori Method and the lessons that the children were introduced to.  As many of my readers know I am now homeschooling my 3 little ones and I wanted to be able to implement Montessori into our homeschool as I was so impressed by the education I saw the children receiving.  Karen Tyler specifically mentions homeschooling as one of the forms of education to benefit from this course.  Here is what she says:

"Are you just starting to investigate the Montessori Method? Are you already a Montessori educator? Maybe you are homeschooling your children and have heard that the course I give through Yahoo Groups is easy, affordable and fun? For whatever reason you find yourself on this website, I guarantee that you will love owning a 12 volume set of Montessori Albums which are included in this course. If you are already a teacher, you will find the number of extensions and variations a wonderful addition to your classroom. If you are homeschooling your children, you will find a complete curriculum just waiting for you to explore right along with your children!"

"Once a week you will receive your album presentations, lectures/papers/themes, recordkeeping tools, photos, support forms, etc. You are encouraged to save and/or print out the material. Next, depending on your timing....read and/or file. Most students keep their album presentations in 3-ring binders."



By being enrolled in this course you will be able to interact with the other students via the Yahoo Group. 

If you are at all interested in learning more about Montessori I recommend this course. 

Here is what you will win:

Karen Tyler’s Complete Montessori Training Course AND the 12 Montessori teacher training albums/manuals that are full of curriculum!!!  This course is worth $150 to $240 depending upon the payment schedule people choose.  The next course will be starting March 1st.  Check out all the different ways you can enter below:

Mandatory Entry

Head on over to World Wide Montessori Online and tell me one of the lectures you will receive during the training.

(Please make sure to leave a separate comment for each entry.  Each comment should include a way to contact you, such as an email address, so I can contact you if you win.)

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• Enter my other giveaway. (2 entries)
• Check out my previous Montessori posts and leave a thoughtful comment on up to 5 of the posts.  (Each comment will earn you 2 entries.)

This giveaway will end on February 19th at 11:59 pm. I will choose a winner within 24 hours and post the winner in a separate blog post in addition to emailing the winner. Please contact me to claim your prize by February 22nd or a new winner will be sadly have to be chosen.

This giveaway is open world wide!!

Good luck to you and thank you for taking the time to read my blog.

Reorganizing Montessori/Online Montessori Training Opportunity

Nicole over at One Hook Wonder hosts both Montessori Monday and Toddler Tuesday,  As I usually post about both girls together I will just link up to Montessori Monday as usual.

I have been changing up the shelf again because the girls have not been interested in the activities.  I was chatting with the lady who is the head teacher over at the Montessori where I worked.  I was trying to remember some of the different practical life and math work they have on the shelves.  I also found some more baskets at the thrift shop.  Still waiting on them to get some trays, but we are making do with what we can find.

Here is what is on our shelves now:

(Spooning pompoms, placing toothpicks in the shaker jar,

bottles and lids)
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(Pasta pouring, One to one transferring with a 

strawberry huller)

The girls were really excited to use the pouring

(Amelia had been pouring the macaroni that was in the

spooning, so I figured I better get the pouring up.) 

 It took me so long to find some small pitchers.

Spooning (not new, just changed up)

Opening and closing jars and lids

This was their first time unrolling and rolling a mat.

Transferring objects/One to one corresponding

using the strawberry huller

Lesson on waiting your turn, respect and concentration

Not the correct way to put them back in the bowl,

but I had to take a picture!

This is our version of the movable alphabet.  I found the letters over at  Montessori Materials for free (I found the link at the Mommy Teach Me website) and printed them and contact papered them several months ago.  Then I cut slots in the egg carton to store them.  I cut a big piece of blue poster board down into 2 3/4 inch by 6 inch rectangles and wrote 3 letter phonetic words down.  We are only now getting them out and using them.  Tabitha has been so interested in forming/sounding out words.  

I am also very excited to share with you a Pre-primary Montessori training program for "teachers" of 2-6 year olds that I discovered at  Early Childhood Resources Portfolio .  It is a two year program that starts in August and the cost is $10 a month/or $150.00 if you pay in advance for the entire training.  The instructor, Karen Tyler, is very flexible. Here is a description of the training from her website:

World Wide Montessori Online course is for all the
teachers/parents that are trying to implement the
Montessori Method in their classrooms/home schools.
My objective is to help provide a working knowledge for
these wonderful people who find themselves in a
situation where they can't attend formal training at this
time.  By no means are my lessons to replace a
credentialed Montessori Teacher Training School.
However, upon finishing my 24 month course you will
receive a Certificate of Completion.  

 For further details, please visit Karen’s A Montessori Marketplace website and email any other question directly to her at Karen@aMontessoriMarketplace.com. Remember to state the subject as “Inquiry for August 2010 Session”.