Greetings from Baan Dek! Hope everyone is having a joyous Summer. We thought we’d take this opportunity to introduce our fourth book in our Montessori series from Abrams Appleseed. It’s called, Montessori: Map Work, and it just might be our favorite. It’s now available to order from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Here’s a little bit […]
We teamed up with the incredible duo at Funky Fresh Supply Co. to create an original series of Baan Dek t-shirts. While we’re providing complimentary shirts for all of our students, we know there are a lot of people in the community that want to show their support too! As of today, they are now available to order, […]
We’ve been puzzling over a little bit of a paradox, one in which we occasionally find ourselves entangled. It goes something like this: As adults, why are we so surprised when a child accomplishes a task we didn’t think they could accomplish? Or, conversely, why are we so unsurprised when they fail at that exact […]
A few days ago, we happened upon one of our toddler students, working on washing her hands. Keeping in mind that one of the overarching purposes of this activity is to teach children the necessity of the daily routine, and its importance, we were just besides ourselves, at the level of concentration and patience on […]
Everyone has a different idea of what Montessori is. For some, Montessori is a radical new approach to learning, to following the interests of the child, knowing that everyone learns independently and at their own pace. For others, Montessori is one of the few educational systems that adopts the importance of social success, where children […]