We're hiring an AMI trained Primary guide! Whether you've recently completed training, or come with an abundance of experience, one of our driving principles at Baan Dek is that we're all always learning. →

For a podcast of this post, scroll to the bottom of this page or subscribe on iTunes. It’s the start of the school year, a time fresh with possibility. When we resume school, or when →

The Zine is hitting a milestone -- 100 issues! To celebrate, we’re sharing one hundred of our favorites (in no particular order). Enjoy! Our Team Creativity Podcasts Our mascot, London Mr. Rogers Big conversations Uno →

When we’re thinking about how to make summer special, those dollar signs sure can fly by! While we all wish we could give our children the world, summer doesn’t need to be expensive. Here are →

Montessori is known for independence. It’s more than a buzzword, it’s a way of life. We’re constantly striving for independence, though it is a rather fraught word. We think of independence as “I don’t need →

We’re eager to grow -- as a school, as Montessorians, together. Sioux Falls is consistently among the top places to live, and the community here is hungry for a change in education. Are you hungry →

In her exceptional new book, The Montessori Toddler, Simone Davies sets out to set the record straight: "Toddlers are misunderstood humans." The key part to this thesis, which is a subtlety that might go overlooked, →

Anya Kamenetz has written, what we believe to be, the definitive text for families concerned about the role technology plays in the life of their children. Her excellent new book, The Art of Screen Time, →

While we don’t have Tests in Montessori, per se, we do have Evaluations. We’re always moving forward from a place of mastery, and the only way to know if a child has mastered a material →

We sometimes think, we got into Education because we love learning. At Baan Dek, one of our Guiding Principles is, we're always learning. We're never done. It naturally follows that we love engaging in continuing →

It’s the first week back to school, and we could hardly be more excited! It’s so joyful to see new faces, and to see how children have changed over the Summer. Some of us have →

The internet is an interesting place. It’s easy to fall down the rabbit hole of Pinterest, or find a thousand quotes which seem to be written just for you in just this moment of life, →

We recently held a webinar on the topic of Siblings! We often receive questions from families about the sibling dynamic: We're expecting, now what? How do we help prepare our child (and ourselves!) for welcoming →

Nearly a decade ago now, when we started to think seriously about building a Montessori school, we decided to reach out to a handful of internationally renown architects. Why not? We chose individuals or organizations →

When it comes to what to pack your child's lunch in, the options are endless. It seems lunch boxes are everywhere, and there are decisions to make -- is it big enough? Small enough? Should →