We had the great pleasure to chat with Lindsay Dewald, from the wonderful blog, Little One Love. We’ve long been fans of her passions and relished the opportunity to hear her perspective on life, Montessori and more! Oh, and by the way, her photos are so captivating and enchanting that sometimes it’s difficult to look […]
Discipline has a very punitive connotation in our society. The origins of the term, however, are much different. Discipline derives from the latin, discipulus, which literally means, “to learn”. Disciple, of course, has a very different intimation than discipline, especially in our contemporary landscape. With disciple comes thoughts of, ‘instruction, teaching, learning, knowledge’: basically, a […]
In this Spotlight, we were fortunate enough to chat with Lori Bourne, from Montessori for Everyone. Starting out as a teacher, designing and creating her own materials for the classroom, she soon identified a need to offer these services to a wider audience. Hence, the birth of Montessori for Everyone! Lori is “certified in Montessori […]
Our friends at Abrams Appleseed were nice enough to provide us with an assortment of their new collection of books. Beneath our John Lennon quote, of which Sir Ken Robinson is fond, we decided to set out the Spring and Fall collection for students and parents to enjoy. Little did we know that reading a […]
Today, November 6, 2012 is a special day at Baan Dek. It’s London’s 5th birthday! It’s so hard to believe that she’s turning five. She’s been with us since the start: eager and excited and happy to always go to school. She often greets the children in the morning and chases after them in the […]