Dear Parents, The year is getting underway, and the children are finding their groove. Many new materials are being introduced. Familiar materials are mastered. Children are finding their new place and role in the classroom. And we have the privilege of watching it all unfold. We are so honored you trust us with your child. […]
One of the gifts of having a mixed-age environment in a Montessori classroom is getting to have many different ages of birthday celebrations throughout the year. Since we have children in the same classroom for three, or sometimes more, years, we get to celebrate them again and again, and watch them grow with every birthday. In […]
One of the fundamental principles of a Montessori classroom is the mixed-age environment. In the Primary classroom, this spans the two-and-a-half to six range. As any parent of multiple children knows, there is a great difference between the capacities of a two- or three-year-old, and a six-year-old. This is one of the primary reasons we […]
Over the weekend we received a flurry of passionate text messages from a parent. “I just overhead a mom complaining about the cost of Montessori,” the thread began. “And, the grandma replied, ‘at that age they don’t really learn anything important …’ After a few moments of silence, as we tried to think of a […]
The cycle of a family at Baan Dek is a wonderful thing. In many respects, it feels like watching a caterpillar become a butterfly and spread its beautiful wings. From the moment we meet a prospective family, to the instant their child graduates from our school, we feel that sense of adventure, of participation, as […]