This is a little bit longer blog post than is typical at Baan Dek, but Charlotte Wood presents her thoughts on the foundation of Montessori, and we couldn’t resist posting the text in full. Coupled with the text, you’ll notice a photo of a soon-to-be-Montessori student, whose parents attended our first workshop. They sent along […]
Yesterday, we had our first parent education workshop of the year. It was entitled, “The Importance of Practical Life.” For those who were unable to attend, we’ve posted the bullet points below. A special thanks to our wonderful and growing Montessori community! We reached maximum capacity for this particular event, and had a series of productive […]
The Montessori Madmen are born. www.montessorimadmen.com “The mission of the Montessori Madmen is simple: To increase the enrollment of Montessori schools by facilitating their ability to promote themselves as well as Montessori itself.” “The vision is clear: to become “the” site where the Montessori community gathers to get the tools and information they need to promote […]
Have you heard the news? Superwoman was already here. Daniel C. Petter-Lipstein is the father of three children that thrive at a Jewish Montessori school in New Jersey. He graduated from Harvard College and Columbia Law School and after a decade still finds satisfaction as a lawyer. But sometimes he wishes he could just take […]
Aidan McAuley, a Montessori parent, wanted to help out his local Montessori school, so he took matters into his own hands. He did what Montessori students would do: he offered to help. “I simply grew tired of not seeing or hearing about Montessori, so I convinced our school to get the word out. You keep […]