For the past couple of months I've been bored, and lost lots of motivation in my job... I mean, the kids are taken care of, and are happy, parents are happy too, but I'm seeing that I'm losing patience with certain ongoing behaviors, I feel disorganized (which makes things worse, since I do have a few OCD issues -
) and I just don't feel like entertaining them as much as I used to do, a year ago... I have a group the ranges from ages 17 months to 4 years, if I do things with the babies, the older kids go crazy, and viceversa...
I would like to revamp my program, add something new, maybe re-do it all together, to see if I can get excited again...
I don't have a curriculum, but I'm interested in maybe having a small pre-school program, or introducing Montessori style? Or Waldorf? or...
Those of you that have a pre-school curriculum, do you have teaching degrees? Or you are you self-learning?
I have a B.S. in Psychology, and I'm working on my Master, and took some early childhood education classes as electives... I would hate not being able to teach as I should...
Those of you that use Montessori style, do you have hard time finding/buying materials, without going broke? Any tips on where to find the best quality at a good price? I see that toys from "Melissa and Dough" are widely used in Montessory teaching... but they are also very expensive ( we buy them for our son... I'm still afraid of bringing them downstairs to be shared with the crazy crowd...)

I would like to revamp my program, add something new, maybe re-do it all together, to see if I can get excited again...
I don't have a curriculum, but I'm interested in maybe having a small pre-school program, or introducing Montessori style? Or Waldorf? or...
Those of you that have a pre-school curriculum, do you have teaching degrees? Or you are you self-learning?
I have a B.S. in Psychology, and I'm working on my Master, and took some early childhood education classes as electives... I would hate not being able to teach as I should...
Those of you that use Montessori style, do you have hard time finding/buying materials, without going broke? Any tips on where to find the best quality at a good price? I see that toys from "Melissa and Dough" are widely used in Montessory teaching... but they are also very expensive ( we buy them for our son... I'm still afraid of bringing them downstairs to be shared with the crazy crowd...)
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