One More Week and I'm Done

I've not been posting at all! I've been out of touch and out of reach. But I've got good news! One more week and I'll be done with my Montessori Training. It's been a journey and a challenge but I know I just need to finish my Integrated Unit on Dogs and present it to class and I'll be done. Last day will be this June 23 a Thursday and Graduation Day for our Preschool is June 24.
Soo many things to finish like student portfolios and prepare my jobs for my presentation but I know I'll be able to accomplish all this.
I'll post pictures of my Unit and Preschool Graduation!

my first month of training

First day of Pedagogy I got overwhelmed with the syllabus and books to read. So far I've spent  more than $400 just for books. I bought new and used books from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. We were given a planner to help us get organized. That night I plugged in all the homework and projects for each month. That took almost 2 hours but I was glad I did all that prep.
I've finished reading Rita Kramer's autobiography of Maria Montessori and found it very interesting reading. Easy and light. I liked it that our Saturday class talked about her life and I felt I understand her more.
At the same time I am also taking practicum. Every Tuesday is pedagogy and Thursdays practicum. For practicum I have three students to observe and I'll be making a student portfolio about them. At the same time I'll be putting together an intern portfolio. This will be more on classroom and school routine and documents.
My first month has just ended and I'm am getting the hang of the classes. There will be more things to do but I'll be sharing my bag of tricks which is one of my first projects in class. The bag has day care/rainy activities which we can just grab anytime we need it.

I am officially enrolled in my first montessori class for 3-6 year olds

I have enrolled this morning in the UC Irvine Extension Montessori Philosophy and Pedagogy class for fall semester. I'm so excited and scared. I know it'll be a lot of work but I am looking forward to learning Montessori. Have been itching to say that. :>

I still have a lot of preparing to do... I need to order all the books for class...Amazon here I come.