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Ananda Montessori/2019, Parent-Infant and Child Facilitator Course (PICC)
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  • $350 or 2 monthly payments of $185

2019, Parent-Infant and Child Facilitator Course (PICC)

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A six-week online, interactive process, to help you create an environment where children and parents learn and grow together


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Are you wanting to bring these supportive classes to your community?

Then join this introduction and exploration in creating and facilitating a Parent-Infant and Child program.

This course is a collaborative process within a learning community, guided by Pamela through weekly video conferencing with your group, as well as through written, video and audio course materials.

Course Highlights

  • Weekly video conference through Zoom with Pamela and fellow classmates
  • PICC Observation Journal for parents
  • Interviews with a Certified Professional Midwife on preparing an environment for birth, and a PICC parent on his/her experience
  • Handout examples
  • Numerous resources to download
  • DIY material support
  • Membership in a private Facebook group with Pamela after the course for contact and support

About Me & the Course

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FAQs

Who is this course for?

This course is specially designed to support anyone currently facilitating a Montessori Parent-Infant and Child classroom setting, and anyone who is in the beginning stages of this process. 
Prior Montessori training may be of benefit, but is not required. 
This course is for those who wish to offer guidance to both children and their parents, in a variety of settings.

When does the course start and finish?

The course begins the morning of January 27th, and ends on Sunday, March 8th, 2020. 
New material is made available at the start of each week.

How long do I have access to the course?

How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like.

Is this a live course?

This is a blended course. You will have coursework materials, online group commenting and interaction that you attend to on your own schedule, along with a scheduled weekly live Zoom video classroom session with Pamela and your learning community.

How much access do I have to the instructor? Can I ask her questions?

Pamela will be engaged with you throughout the course, through comments, and in our weekly live Zoom classroom.
She will also be available inside the private Facebook Group to answer questions and provide general support. 

When will the Zoom video classroom meetings be?

On Wednesday evenings from 8 - 9 pm EST. If you are in another country, please speak with Pamela about possible arrangements for your attendance.
These gatherings are for live interactions with your fellow students, as well as with Pamela. We all learn together as we share our questions and reflections.

Will I receive a certificate of attendance?

You can receive a certificate of attendance for 3 Continuing Education Units, equivalent to 30 clock hours.  A feedback form will be made available at the end of the course to confirm your successful completion of course requirements. Your certificate will be sent via email. 
It is recommended to confirm with your local licensing agency prior to registering if you are relying on having the certificate approved for CEU hours.

Contents

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Welcome to the Parent-Infant and Child Course!
    Preview
    PICC Checklist fillable form*
    • 57.4 KB
    Parent-Infant and Child Course Syllabus
    • 252 KB
    Preview

    Week 1: Intro to Parent-Infant and Child Course, 1/27

    Welcome to Week One!

    This week's materials include:
    • An Introduction to Parent-Infant and Child Programs, their history and benefits
    • A checklist to be used throughout the course, which you will save and add to as needed
    • A variety of articles to read, which can be shared with parents and staff
    • Preparing to observe--an experiential exercise
    • Examples of PICC  paperwork

    Our weekly Zoom meeting is Wed, Jan 29, 8:00 PM EST

    Week One Zoom Session, 1/29/20
      Parent-Infant and Child Program Information
      • 133 KB
      PI article
      • 2.85 MB
      Enrollment Process
      • 77.7 KB
      97-98 Infants and Toddlers Journals
      • 1.87 MB
      Benefits of Parent Infant and Child Course
      • 131 KB
      Preview
      Dear Parents
      • 807 KB
      Awareness of Breathing Meditation*
      • 16 mins
      • 11.3 MB

      Week 1 Online Classroom Recording 1/29/2020

      Week 1 Online Classroom recording
      • (1h 09m 10s)
      • 259 MB

      Week 2: Preparation of the Environment, 2/3

      Welcome to Week Two!

      This week centers around the environment (both our inner and outer) and is one we will explore further. During this week you will view, practice, and reflect on the following:
      • Words by Maria Montessori on an environment from the perspective of the Child
      • An article on Observation and Freedom, which I would like you to read and from now throughout the course, to reflect on and bring into your own practice of Montessori. Whether you are presently teaching or out in your world, with family, adults or children...there are opportunities to bring these invitations for study into practice. I would ask that you reflect on these in your Observation Journal or notebook. At the end of the course I will ask to see your reflections as part of your course work.
      • You will have opportunity to view a video on a prepared environment for the Child
      • As well, you will have an experiential practice that will be directed, and a listening reflection on Montessori
      • Please remember to work on your Checklist; add to this, write down any thoughts or questions you might have

      Our weekly Zoom meeting is Wednesday, February 5, 8 pm EST
      Week Two Zoom Session, 2/5/20
        Preparing for the Child
        • 63.8 KB
        Preview
        Tracking Your Thoughts*
        • 51.5 KB
        Environment for the Child lecture video
        • 25 mins
        • 39.9 MB
        Environment For the Child video slides
        • 504 KB
        Observation and Freedom*
        • 18.8 KB
        Healthy Environments
        • 449 KB
        Ananda Open House
        • 1 min
        • 101 MB
        Listening Reflection on Montessori
        • 6 mins
        • 4.22 MB

        Week 2 Online Classroom Recording 2/5/2020

        Week Two online classroom recording
        • 52 mins
        • 183 MB

        Week 3: Interacting with Parents/Caregivers, 2/10

        Welcome to Week Three!


        The focus of this week will be on the environment from the parent's perspective, of which we are a part. So we will bring focus to our own inner observations, as we continue to explore how to interact with parents.
        Our week will include some of the following:
        • A writing by Maria Montessori
        • Handouts which can be used in a variety of ways
        • A video on An Environment for the Adult
        • Reflections for you to complete in your notebook or Album, which are mentioned in the comments
        • Observation; of the external and internal
        • A listening reflection/contemplation
        • Also, please go back to your checklist from Week One and work with it. As we are moving through the course I would like you to look at where you started, what you have worked on in relation to your individual goals, and bring these to our next Zoom meeting. You may also place these in the comments if you are unable to attend. This checklist, by the end of Week six, will be sent to me to see how you are doing. 

        Our weekly Zoom meeting is Wednesday, February 10th, 8 pm, EST

        Week Three Zoom Session, 2/12/20
          Montessori in the Home class
          • 165 KB
          Practical Applications of Montessori in the Home
          • 402 KB
          Preview
          Story of Pincian Garden
          • 72.5 KB
          An Environment Prepared for the Adult
          • 24 mins
          • 37.2 MB
          The Practice of Observation
          • 236 KB
          Grace and Courtesy in Parent-Infant and Child Environments*
          • 67.8 KB
          Parents and Us
          • 217 KB
          The Gift
          • 7 mins
          • 7.64 MB

          Week Three Online Classroom Recording, 2/12/20

          Week Three Online Classroom Recording
          • (1h 51m 16s)
          • 413 MB

          Week 4: Interacting with the Child, 2/17

          This week will focus on understanding the child, as well as the ways that we bring ourselves into relationship with children through our practice of Montessori. 
          Our studies will include:
          • An experience in observation
          • Essentials of Montessori
          • Infant and Toddler Journal collections
          • Positive Discipline
          • Examples of Practical Life experiences
          • Guiding parents/caregivers in PICC
          • Articles to reflect on and share
          • A podcast
          • A listening reflection

          Our Weekly Zoom meeting will be on Wednesday, February 19th, at 8 pm EST

          Also please notice that from the beginning of the course, that work with an * indicates coursework which you must complete and turn in to me for your certificate, by the end of the course.
          Week Four Zoom Session, 2/19/20
            Observation of an Inanimate Object*
            • 53.8 KB
            Montessori Values
            • 17.1 KB
            Preview
            Early Practical Life Experiences by Elizabeth Norman & Julia Eskenazi
            • 746 KB
            Child with Scarlet Runner Bean pods
            • 1 min
            • 143 MB
            98-99 Collection of Infants and Toddlers Journals
            • 6.43 MB
            Implementing Positive Discipline
            • 143 KB
            Why telling children good job breeds bad job, by Paul Epstein, 2015
            • 91.2 KB
            Guiding Parents*
            • 118 KB
            Podcast with a parent
            • 42 mins
            • 16.2 MB
            Butterfly
            • 5 mins
            • 6 MB

            Week Four Online Classroom Recording, 2/19/20

            Week Four Online Classroom Recording
            • (1h 56m 19s)
            • 395 MB

            Week 5: The First Prepared Environment, 2/24

            This week will focus on the first prepared environment, during pregnancy. Of labor, birth, the postpartum period, and the ways in which women have been, and are, supported in their process. 

            Our week includes:
            • An interview with a midwife
            • A video on Montessori From the Beginning
            • A writing on the similarities of serving women in labor and the child
            • Resources on movement of the infant, to understand and reflect, and to share
            • A writing by Maria Montessori
            • The Montessori mobiles

            Our weekly Zoom meeting will be on Wednesday, February 26th, at 8 pm EST
            Week Five Zoom Session, 2/26/20
              What I have learned as a Montessorian Birthkeeper
              • 169 KB
              Preview
              Interview with Jennifer Derugen, CPM *
              • 46 mins
              • 176 MB
              Montessori mobiles PICC
              • 85.5 KB
              The Development of Movement by Emmi Pikler
              • 148 KB
              Maria Lecture The Child Walking
              • 63.9 KB
              Montessori From the Beginning
              • 37 mins
              • 49.8 MB
              Chime Mobile video
              • 1 min
              • 37.5 MB

              Week 5 Online Classroom Recording, 2/26/20

              Week Five Online Video Classroom, 2/26/20
              • (1h 41m 03s)
              • 371 MB

              Week 6: Contemplation, 3/2

              This is our culminating week in the Course!! It has flown by very quickly...though we will continue on our Group Facebook page, which I will create after this coming week. 
              Along with a variety of documents and readings, you will see below this module a section with the Certificate Request Form. Information on this form is mentioned on that page. 
              As a reminder, to receive a PICC Certificate of completion you must have:
              • Commented at least three times in each week's module
              • Completed all activities or reflections, documents, with an *    and sent them to me
              • Attended all Zoom meetings, or have spoken with me about other arrangements, and have let me know ahead of time if you could not attend and the reason why
              • Sent in your Checklist, completed as much as where you are in your process. This is one you can return to as a resource.


              Our Weekly Zoom Meeting will be on 3/4/20, at 8 pm EST

              Week Six Zoom Session, 3/4/20
                Ananda Montessori Registration page 2
                • 107 KB
                Ananda Montessori Daily Routine
                • 177 KB
                Preview
                PICC Observation Journal
                • 167 KB
                Discipline
                • 568 KB
                healthy relationships
                • 25.2 KB
                Grace and Courtesy infant toddler
                • 190 KB
                Questions for self-reflection *
                • 73.1 KB
                Home Visits
                • 52.9 KB

                Week 6 Online Classroom Recording, 3/4/20

                Week Six Online Classroom Recording
                • (1h 45m 09s)
                • 410 MB

                Certificate Request - Parent-Infant and Child Course

                Certificate Request Form

                  Resources and parent handouts

                  This contains materials for general reference and use
                  2019 Grace and Courtesy
                  • 55.8 KB
                  Sleep-baby-sleep
                  • 110 KB
                  Building a Bridge: Montessori in Your Home
                    CommunicationTheValueofReframing
                    • 21.4 KB
                    Preview
                    Montessori Printable Timeline V2
                    • 792 KB
                    Examples_of_handouts.original.1553395364
                    • 245 KB
                    Basic Principles of Montessori
                    • 735 KB
                    List of Montessori Activities 0 - 3
                      Parenting articles from the site, Montessorieducation.com
                        Toileting - McTamaney
                        • 1.17 MB
                        Stop Saying Good Job
                        • 47.6 KB
                        Seven Problems You Can Avoid, by Maren Schmidt
                        • 2.37 MB
                        Setting Limits For Our Children
                        • 75.6 KB
                        The Big List of Descriptive Praise Volcano-Mama
                        • 91.6 KB

                        Bio

                        Pamela Green is the owner of Ananda Montessori, a Montessori Playgroup in North East, Pa. She has been teaching and administrating in Montessori as a credentialed (Early Childhood, Elementary I & II, Parent-Infant Facilitator Training), and Positive Discipline Parent Educator, for over 35 years. Since 1989, she has served as a birth doula, midwife assistant, and childbirth educator. Pamela is a consultant and mentor to teachers, staff, schools, and parents, worldwide
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