Baan Dek

Baan Dek Family

Thoughts & Reflections

We couldn’t help but share. One of our students wrote this: We are a Baan Dek family. Baan Dek is fun for everyone. We work. We help each other. We play. We line up. Our hearts are wide open.

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Rewards and Punishments

Thoughts & Reflections

As adults, we spend a lot of time trying to think of ways in which we can handle or control a situation or a child. Often, we resort to tricks and techniques, little exercises that involve rewards and punishments. It’s hard not to go down that path. It feels so easy and natural. Our society […]

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The Essence of Montessori

Thoughts & Reflections

Nothing captures the essence of Montessori like seeing a child hard at work, doing something they love. That was a brief glimpse at some of the incredible things that have happened in only our first two weeks of school. If you’re interested, you might want to take a stroll through our Instagram and Flickr photo feeds. […]

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Packing Lunch

Thoughts & Reflections

As we head back to school, we thought we would put together a short post with a few recommendations on packing a lunch. For many families, this will be the very first time…how exciting! We would love to share with you some of the things that we have learned over the years. Of course, if […]

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Growing Education

Thoughts & Reflections

We’ve been thinking a lot about education. Not only what it means to learn, as in the ways in which we learn, but also the system, tools and constructs that are needed for the opportunity. There are so many people that think the traditional system of education is in a state of disarray. We’re overwhelmed, […]

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