Montessori at Home! and Montessori Print Shop ~ Giveaway

I am so thrilled to share John Bowman’s new website for his awesome eBook Montessori at Home!  Not only is the website all snazzy and new, the eBook is updated in a SUPER fabulous way.  I have a copy of the new edition and it is a serious upgrade!  I loved the original and can’t even believe how much better it is now.  If you already own the original, you should have received an email from John with the updated version for free.  If you don’t already own this eBook, and are teaching young children, this book is awesome ~ you really should have it!

You can read my original review here, and I feel even more strongly now that everyone who is teaching young children at home needs this book.  You can view sample pages here on his website.

  

In honor of the new site launch and the new edition of the book, John has a special treat for all of you!  Three, yes 3, of you will have the chance to win the eBook, and all of you have the opportunity to purchase the eBook at a discounted rate of only $6.95 from now and for 2 weeks AFTER the giveaway closes.

Here’s some detailed info about the new version …

The newly released Second Edition of Montessori At Home! is a 296 page, multimedia Ebook that guides you through the entire process of doing Montessori early learning activities at home. Complete background and how-to chapters are followed by clear directions for over 250 early learning materials and activities. Many activities use materials you may already have or which can be obtained easily and inexpensively almost anywhere. Clear directions and guides help you become a great Home Teaching Parent. The ebook comes to you in a PDF file, readable on all kinds of computers and tablets. Numerous links to sites and videos - many for your child to watch - expand on the information and activities in the ebook. 42 Pages of printouts are included to use with many of the activities. There is no resource for parents quite like Montessori At Home!


Montessori early learning activities support and facilitate the natural sensitive periods to growth and development that 3-6 year old children everywhere experience. These are the years when our foundational brain architecture is formed. Montessori activities engage and coordinate a young child's attention, sensory skills, movements, and developing intellect. The results include stronger brain architecture, a positive self-image, and early reading, writing, math, and science skills - a great preparation for success in school.

Remember John also writes our guest series Montessori Minute on my blog, you can read his detailed and informative posts here!

Wait, there’s more!!!!

If you are one of the 3 winners, you will not only receive a copy of John’s amazing eBook, you will also receive a copy of "The Montessori At Home! Materials Bundle"!  I adore Montessori Print Shop and use TONS of their printables, you can read my past review here.

The Montessori At Home! Materials Bundle includes 21 printable files that compliment the Montessori At Home! eBook. It includes a few materials from most areas covered in the eBook, and will get you off to a great start learning what your child is most interested in. The value of the 21 printable files is $60.49 if purchased individually. The Bundle is available for $28.89, but is FREE to the winners!
BUY IT!
You can purchase Montessori at Home! eBook for the discounted price of $6.95 from now through December 17, 2011.  Use this link to purchase it at the discounted price!

You can purchase the Montessori Print Shop bundle here for $28.89 {a $60.49 value if purchase separately}.

WIN IT!
3 of you will win both the eBook and the bundle!  Use Rafflecopter to enter, no blog comments will count as entries.  If you don’t see the Rafflecopter widget, be sure to click on “read more” and make sure you have Javascript enabled!

Montessori at Home! Giveaway

Congratulations #300-Lindsey, you won!!

A few months ago I got an email from John Bowman asking me to review his books. I get emails like this quite often and honestly I don’t review many books simply for lack of time. However, my heart is based in Montessori and I was excited to review these particular books!

Soon after beginning to read both the paper book ~ Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain, and the eBook ~ Montessori at Home, I was in love! Both books are exactly what I had been looking for when I began homeschooling PacMan.

You may be wondering, “why 2 different books…what is the difference?” Honestly, I was too. Mr. Bowman sent me both formats and I have been able to pour over them both. Here’s my thoughts…

If you are on a computer or have an eReader that can read PDF books {like I do with iBooks on my iPad} I personally recommend getting the PDF version, Montessori at Home! It is more extensive and has more meat to it. The paper copy, Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain, was written for those parents who like a traditional book and want something to hold in their hands. It is filled with much of the same info and gives you everything you need, but is a bit more condensed.

What will you find in the books? Tons of scientific stuff, which I love! Tons of early childhood education stuff, which is my background and I love reading it even for the 100th time! Information about Maria Montessori and the background behind her methods. Lists of items to gather, simple ideas to make Montessori work for you at home.

You will also find TONS, and I mean TONS of activities…most which you can begin the day you read about them! Mr. Bowman makes it truly easy for you to do the activities at home! You can already see many of his activities featured in our first Montessori Minute post…

Each month, John will be sharing a new post with us, so be sure to follow along so you don’t miss his extensive posts!

I promise if you are even remotely interested in doing homeschool with your child for the early years, you want this book {either or both}. Mr. Bowman empowers you to believe you can do this. Many times in my early homeschool years-even with my early childhood degree, I felt like it was out of my reach and too complicated to pull off at home. John Bowman lets you know how wrong that thinking is! He assures you that you CAN do it!!!

Here are some more details straight from John Bowman himself…

Montessori At Home! is 193 full size pages with color photos throughout and over 200 Montessori early learning activities, adapted for use by parents at home. This book is available on CD for $12.95 and as a download for only $9.95. Most activities use common household items and are designed for easy, quick setup & use. Complete background information on Montessori education and how to set up, display, and do Montessori activities successfully at home are included to guide parents. Activity groups include Everyday Life, Sensory Experience, Science, Math, and Reading. The Math & Reading sections are completely sequenced for ease of use. Recommendations are given for a selection of Montessori and other excellent materials for home use by preschoolers. A second PDF file includes 36 printable activity sheets for use with various activities. A comprehensive guide just for parents.

For those who prefer a book to hold, I recently collected the activities from Montessori At Home! in a paperback titled Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain.

Want to know about John and his personal Montessori background and why he wrote these books? Here’s what he told me…

I spent 12 years as a Montessori preschool teacher and center director. I actually shelved this project after I got married in 1980 and entered a new career. In late 2009 I again became interested in writing a Montessori book for parents. I assumed that multiple similar books had probably been written in all that time, so I checked out most of the books on the market. Surprisingly, I found none that covered the subject in the comprehensive way I had in mind, especially concerning modifying Montessori activities for easy set up & use at home and giving parents a complete Montessori at home program. So, I wrote Montessori At Home! and then the second book.

BUY IT

You can go ahead and purchase your copy of Montessori At Home! here on his website, or you can order the paperback book Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain here on Amazon.

WIN IT!

John Bowman is giving away a CD with the Montessori At Home! book & Activity Sheets in two PDF files; and a copy of Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain (paperback).

Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment telling us you’d like to win and who you are hoping to teach with your new books!

After you do that, you can gain some extra entries by any of the following, remember to leave an extra comment for each item so they will count as entries...

1. If you Follow/Subcribe to 1+1+1=1, give yourself an extra entry!
2. If you visit and read our 1st Montessori Minute post and leave a comment {on the other post, not this one} for John with either a question you have or a comment about his post…give yourself an extra entry!
3. If you follow @1plus1plus1 on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway, give yourself an extra entry! Sample tweet: @1plus1plus1 is hosting a giveaway for #Montessori At Home! enter here: http://bit.ly/ilWDos

This Giveaway is open for anyone for downloadable book, paperback book can only be sent USA!

I will select a winner using Random.org, so be sure you leave a separate comment for each entry, I will also be moderating comments to check that your entries are valid-please be honest!

Contest ENDS July 3, 2011. Winner will be announced here, and emailed (your email MUST be in each comment/or enabled in blogger). Winner must reply to my email within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen.

Linking up with Giveaway Day on Hip Homeschool Moms!