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Why a Montessori Program?

I first heard the term Montessori when Aristotle was 2. I didn’t know much about it except that it was supposed to be a “good” program for children. Since then, everything I’ve heard about the Montessori Method has been nothing short of wonderful. What really sold me on it were the positive reports on Montessori programs helping to cultivate creativity. Developing creativity became especially important to me after listening to Ken Robinson talk about how schools were killing our children’s creativity.

In addition to that, the Montessori Method is also an excellent fit with the right brain enrichment classes I’ve been sending the children to. A number of the parents whose children attend these classes often lament that there aren’t any right brain pre-school programs available. In response, Wennie Sun from TweedleWink encouraged us to send our children to Montessori schools because she felt they were aligned with right brain education philosophy. In fact, the more I read about the Montessori Program in our lectures, the more I begin to see the parallels between the Montessori Program and Right Brain Education. A number of concepts are surprisingly similar in mind.

Although I’ve made several vague attempts at implementing Montessori in the home since I first heard about it, and the children play various Montessori Apps on the iPad and iPhone, I confess we have never given it the full attention it deserved. It wasn’t until I heard about Karen Tyler’s Worldwide Montessori Online Teacher Training Program from MieVee at Mummys Reviews and signed up for the course that I truly decided to implement a home Montessori program for the boys (especially Hercules who is just the right age for it).

I joined the December 2011 intake with the intention of starting the program in earnest when our new place was ready and we could make proper arrangements for the setup. We’ll be moving in the next month or so, so I felt the timing was perfect – I could start the course and be ready to begin the program with the boys by the time we were in our new home. The plan is to work with Hercules in the mornings while Aristotle is at school. When Aristotle gets home from school, he can attempt a few of the Montessori activities for older children if he is up for it.

About the Montessori Program

You can read the about the gist of the Montessori program here.

Worldwide Montessori Online Teacher Training Course

Worldwide Montessori Online is a training program for parents and teachers who want to learn more about the Montessori Program and how to implement it in their classes or home. The course focusses on the Pre-Primary years (2-6 years old). The beauty of this course is that it can be taken by anyone anywhere in the world. All that is required is an internet connection. It caters to busy parents and teachers because there is no time limit that the course must be completed and there are no assignments that are due. Students can interact with each other and with Karen to discuss the lectures and ask any questions about the Montessori Program.

Over the course, students will receive:

album presentations
lectures/papers/themes
recordkeeping tools
photos
support forms
and more

The course is very flexible because you can elect to take the standard course which runs over 2 years, or the fast track course that is condensed over 1 year.

At the end of the course, you will receive a certificate of completion which is not an accredited Montessori certificate, however, many learning institutions have and will accept it. You can enquire at Worldwide Montessori Online (karentyler@worldwidemontessorionline.com) for more information.

Who is it for?

Parents and teachers who want to know more about the Montessori Method.
Parents and teachers who want to teach the Montessori Method to their children at home.
Teachers who want to incorporate the Montessori Method in their classes.
Parents and teachers who can only study at night.
Parents and teachers who cannot attend a physical institution due to transportation limitations.
Parents and teachers who do not have the time to sit for exams or to complete assignments.

About Karen Tyler

Karen Tyler is an accredited Montessori teacher who graduated from the Montessori Teachers Education Center – SF, Bay Area (MTEC). She has been teaching for over 30 years, including her teaching at Worldwide Montessori Online since 2006. Worldwide Montessori Online has had over 600 students since its conception.

About the Giveaway

The next intake for Worldwide Montessori Online is 1 March 2012. Thanks to Karen Tyler and Worldwide Montessori Online, we have one free Montessori Teacher Training course to give away to one lucky reader.

How to enter:

Subscribe to our newsletter for one entry.
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Leave us a comment telling us what you have done.
Existing subscribers and Facebook fans automatically qualify (please leave a comment to indicate that you would like to be a part of the lucky draw).

As usual, we will use a random name selector to draw the lucky winner. Entries close 14 February 2012. The winner will be announced one week from today on 15 February 2012.

Alternatively, you can go ahead and sign up for the next intake at Worldwide Montessori Online. To enroll contact Worldwide Montessori Online (training@worldwidemontessorionline.com) for more information.

Wink is a Right Brain Education Program from Right Brain Kids. There are two parts to the Wink Program at Right Brain Kids – the Wink eCourse and the Wink Kit. The Wink Kit is great for parents who are interested in developing their children’s right brain and have no access to a right brain school and for parents who want to reinforce their children’s right brain education with further home practice. The Wink eCourse will teach you everything you need to know about implementing a Right Brain Education program at home.

What is the Wink Program?

Wink is a Right Brain Education program for older children, gifted children, special needs children, and adults. It was developed by Right Brain Kids and is principally designed to prepare children for manifesting photographic memory, speed reading and similarly recognized “right-brain” abilities. It is available from Right Brain Kids as a Kit and as a course.

There are seven different areas — or steps — of Wink. They are:

Step 1: Alpha Relaxation for achieving the alpha brain wave state
Step 2: Eye Exercises for conscious, selective attention focus
Step 3: PhotoEyeplay for photographic image recall training
Step 4: Mental Imaging for conscious, vivid imagination exercises
Step 5: Memory Linking for memorization of strings of data or bits of information
Step 6: Observation Training for noticing details and subtle characteristics
Step 7: Photographic Memory and Speed Reading for manifesting right brain genius and intelligence

It is not necessary to follow them in this order, however, alpha relaxation exercises should always be the first step because it helps you and your child let go of rational thoughts and shift from a predominantly beta wave brain state to an alpha wave brain state where relaxed, intuitive learning and soaking-up of information can occur.

Eye Exercises develop our ability to selectively focus our attention narrow or wide (as a preparation technique for Speed Reading when you can very quickly scan a page).

PhotoEyeplay exercises develop our ability to “after-image” — to vividly see an object even after it is no longer physically in front of us (as a preparation technique for Photographic Memory for vivid, picture-like memory recall).

Mental Imaging exercises develop our ability to consciously and purposely direct our imagination to clearly see places, events, circumstances or hypothetical situations in our minds’s eye alone before (or without) physical manifestation.

Observation Training exercises develop our ability to make deep and accurate observations of pictures, visual scenes or events and recall any countless number of characteristics or details of the picture.

Memory Linking exercises develop our ability to link together a long list of items (also called “sequential” memory).

Photographic Memory and Speed Reading is the right-brain ability to see, absorb and remember pages and volumes of reading information. It is the culmination and integration of the previous right brain techniques for a very useful and valuable purpose.

Watch Pamela Hickein’s video on Wink: Right Brain Education Seven Steps Speed Reading Photographic Memory where she talks about the Seven Steps of Wink, and gives a few demonstrations of some of the exercises.

What’s in the Wink Kit?

Step 1: Alpha Relaxation

Wink Alpha Relaxation Guided Meditation Audio CD
Surfing the Alpha Wave Audio CD

Step 2: Eye Exercises

Three printed heavy-duty double-sided cards with six exercises

Step 3: PhotoEyeplay

PhotoEyeplay Visual Activation DVD
Wink PhotoEyeplay Deluxe Card Set
Wink PhotoEyeplay Color Shapes Cards

Step 4: Mental Imaging

Mental Imaging DVD

Step 5: Memory Train

One set of 300 images on 15 sturdy double-sided cards
20 small color cards of the first 20 images to help with initial training
one audio story CD

Step 6: Observation Training

Observation Training DVD

Step 7: Photographic Memory and Speed Reading

Memory Zoo Cards
Color Grids and Blocks
Photographic Memory and Speed Reading DVD

Each of these steps can be purchased individually or as an entire set for $219.95. The Wink Kit also comes with an instruction booklet that explains each of the seven steps of right brain education. Alternatively, for a guided course, there is also the Wink Overview Course that teaches you how to maximise your usage of the Wink Kit.

Watch Pamela Hickein’s video on Wink: Right Brain Education Older Children Special Needs.

What’s in the Wink Course?

Wink — Level 1: This overview course is an online home study program. In this course you will learn how to reactivate and keep your child’s right brain pathways engaged for more effective learning. You may also be surprised by how much you can personally benefit from it, too!

In the Wink Overview Course you will learn about the seven key components of whole-brain learning and the seven steps of right brain development (see above).

This is a fun program where you will learn about Right Brain Education using right brain techniques — right from the start. By the time you finish this course, right brain learning will be a habit.

People who might be interested in the Wink Course:

Parents of children ages four and older can see their child soar to great heights using a learning program tailored to the way they function naturally
Customers who have purchased the Wink products and want more interactive instruction before they use them
Teachers who want to learn how to accelerate their students’ overall success
Adults of all ages who want to connect with that creative part of themselves
And by anyone who realizes there is more to themselves — and others — that is totally obtainable and necessary for wholeness

The Wink Course costs $197. It includes six self-paced streaming audio teaching modules, integrated online course workbooks, and email access for course support. Get more information about the Wink Course.

More information:

Giveaway: Worldwide Montessori Online – Montessori Teacher Training by Karen Tyler

Right Brain Education: Right Brain Kids Wink Program

Raising Successful Children

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