The Montessori Course and 12 Training Albums Giveaway ended at 11:59 last night. At 12:00 a.m., I used “And The Winner Is” WordPress plugin to choose the winner.

CONGRATULATIONS to Kelly! Here’s the wining entry/comment:

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We do many montessori activities at home as we homeschool our preschooler. I am also a part of a homeschool co-op that uses much of the same philosophies and ideas.

Karen Tyler will send you everything you need for the course and albums, Kelly!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered the giveaway! I wish you all could have won such a fabulous prize. I can’t thank Karen enough for her generosity and for being the amazing person and teacher she is.

Even if you didn’t win the giveaway, I truly believe that Karen’s course is one of the best deals in the world.  Here’s a link to my original post that gives more information about Karen’s training.

Here’s a bit more Karen wrote recently about her course:

The beauty of this Pre-Primary course (2-6 years old) is that you can access the information from a yahoo group site any time during the day or night to download the presentations/lessons to add to your manual/album. You don’t need special software in order to participate. There isn’t a time limit or assignments that are due so there isn’t any pressure. Some of the students make comments or ask questions by posting to the group and others do it to me privately and some I don’t hear much from at all….

All of the albums are written for the 2-6 year old age group and are included in the course (10 out of the 12 albums extend their subjects out through lower elementary). The albums are complete with step by step presentations. For example, the Practical Life Album has 346 pages of lessons and dozens of pictures you can copy in our on-line photo album! Each album comes with its own set of Student Tracking Forms which make it easy for you to chart the progress of each child. If you request information from me, I will send you the class syllabus, set of table of contents from the albums/manuals and several sets of examples (includes a free set of nomenclature cards).

During this course, I address what it means to follow in the footsteps of Maria Montessori. I guide each of you as you discover and continue to grow into this “peaceful” way of living.

If you’re interested in Karen’s Montessori Training Course that starts on March 1, be sure to email her at karen@amontessorimarketplace.com. Tell her you came from my blog to get a detailed letter about the class, all the Table of Contents for the albums, and a free set of Botany and Zoology cards! If you haven’t already signed up for my newsletter, sign up in the sidebar and you’ll get Karen’s wonderful Montessori geography album for free!

I’m so excited to announce an Absolutely. Fantastic. Giveaway! I don’t do a lot of giveaways … I like them to be extra special when I do have a giveaway. And this is DEFINITELY EXTRA SPECIAL!

Earlier, I wrote about Karen Tyler’s Montessori Training Class and gave you ways to get her wonderful geography album and 3-part botany and zoology cards for free.

Karen will be starting a new Montessori Training Class on March 1. I highly recommend her training! I tell more about it in my earlier post, and Karen has all the details at Worldwide Montessori Online.

Now, for the giveaway:

What You Will Win: Karen Tyler’s Complete Montessori Training Course AND the 12 Montessori teacher training albums/manuals that are full of curriculum!!! (Depending on your payment plan, this would normally cost $150-240 … and it’s worth much, much more than that!)

How to Enter:

You can enter multiple times! Please make a separate comment below for each entry. You have many chances to win! This giveaway is open to anyone 18 and older worldwide.

MANDATORY ENTRY (worth 1):

Leave a comment telling why you would like to win the Montessori training course and 12 albums.

BONUS ENTRIES (worth 1 each unless otherwise specified) Leave a comment for EACH of the following things you do:

* Subscribe to Karen Tyler’s newsletter.

* Subscribe to my newsletter (and get Montessori quotes plus Karen Tyler’s geography album FREE when you sign up!) – see my sidebar.

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* “Like” Living Montessori Nowon Facebook.

* Follow @DebChitwood on Twitter.

* Blog about this giveaway, linking to the giveaway in your blog post. Leave a comment with the link to your post. Blogging about this giveaway earns 3 additional entries.

* Rate my Blog on Top Mommy Blogs. Use the button below. 10 is the highest rating (it’s not clear if you look at it quickly). Rating my blog doesn’t count as a vote for me, but it tells others what you think of Living Montessori Now. Rating my blog at Top Mommy Blogs earns 2 additional entries. (There aren’t extra entries for voting, but I always appreciate your vote!)

*Tweet about the giveaway (tweet ONCE DAILY for extra entries) – something like:Enter to win #Montessori Training Course and 12 Albums from @DebChitwood & LivingMontessoriNow.com! http://bit.ly/gbPzEs #giveaway #ece

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Contest goes for two weeks and ends Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 11:59 p.m. MST. Winner will be drawn randomly and announced on Wednesday, February 9. Best of luck!