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Still Working on the Montessori AlbumsAugust 20, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments

Today I spent about four hours working on three albums. They were the Record Keeping Album, the Teacher Resource Album (which included Philosophy, Child Development, Children With Special Needs, Classroom management, Peace Education, and Parent Teacher Communication) and the Cultural Album (which include Science, Geography, Art and Movement/Music). Once again like I mentioned on my previous post it is frustrating to work on them because I get to put these albums together however I want. So I had to decide what I was putting on each album since I did not want to have a binder for each of these subjects.

So what did I accomplish in those four hours? Well I got each binder in order and placed tabs with labels for each subject and sections under each subject. I also got a refresher on all the helpful materials I have to fall back on when I need assistance with any of the subjects mentioned above. I also accomplished writing up a Table of Contents for each album, even though I still need to type it up.

While putting these albums together I also went back to look at the notes I took in class last summer. This was very helpful to me because as I was looking through some of the papers I did not quite understand certain things so my notes clarified them for me. So I put my notes at the end of each subject and hope to have time to type them up. I figure that it would be more helpful to have them in the binders instead of in some notebook tugged away somewhere where I would never look at it.

Now what do I need to do to finish off the albums. I plan on putting sheet protectors on each album. So I need to go out and buy some more sheet protectors. I would also like to type up the Table of Contents and my notes. For now, that is all I can think of that needs to be done to feel like my albums are complete.

Once again I will let you know when they are finished to my liking.

A Few Days Before I Start My New Montessori AdventureAugust 13, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments

I will be starting the school year in just a few days. I am looking forward to it. It is going to be an exciting and an educational year for me. I will begin my first year as a lead Montessori teacher. I will have [...] Continue Reading…

Working on the Cultural and Philsophy Montessori AlbumsAugust 8, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments

Last night I started work on two more of my albums. I’ve been dreading it for a while since these albums did not have to be finished for my certification. So I had to actually encourage myself to take them out last night.

I first looked through my Science, [...] Continue Reading…

Excited About the New School YearAugust 5, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments

I am really excited to start the new school year. I am looking forward to having a successful and productive year. I have two weeks before I start the teacher planning portion and I cannot wait.

I look forward to working with my co-teacher and our students. [...] Continue Reading…

Language in a Montessori classroomAugust 2, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments

I love the Language area in the Montessori classroom. I love to give lessons of the sandpaper letters and the phonetic sounds. As a person whose English is a second language I have a hard time sounding out certain letters so I practice, giving lessons also helps [...] Continue Reading…