It’s 5:30 on a Wednesday, and you just needed a few things at the store. You pop in, grab your items, and head to the checkout. The child sitting in the cart in front of →

We first learned about Porzia Micou and her incredible story from our friend Meghan at Milkweed Montessori (read her Spotlight here, if you haven't already!). We were so inspired and wanted to share her story. We're →

Parent Education is one of our favorite parts of this work. Parents are a child’s first teachers, and a parent’s role in their child’s life is unsurpassed. We often get questions like, “What more could →

There are holidays throughout the year. Some require looking up beloved recipes on yellowed cards and hanging of decorations and long car rides. Some you only know about because social media or the Google Doodle →

Is Montessori good for my child? How do you keep this classroom so clean? What? They all WALK? All the time? How do you keep the children from just pulling everything off the shelves? Every →

It's been 10 years. This is the 10th Fall Baan Dek has welcomed Students, the 10th time we've scrubbed and prepped and searched, the 10th time we've brainstormed and conversed and made this year, the →

We love choices. Food is such a beautiful example of this. How many ways can you find to order your coffee? Even if we always make the same decision, how would we feel if our →

Frederick Douglass said, "Without a struggle, there can be no progress." But, sometimes, the struggle can be just that -- painful. Arduous. Seemingly unending. Is there anything worse than seeing a loved one struggle? Change →

We all want to help. We are born empathetic into this close-knit community, and that empathy drives us to care for and want to help one another. We want to help other adults, even strangers, →

I think I have a fairly passable understanding of Montessori. I love this work, I was a Montessori student myself, my family raised me in an accidentally very Montessori manner. I fully appreciate that I →

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 →

So, your child will be staying at school full-day. How exciting! Whether they are 16-months or 6, if they've been in full time care since they were an infant or if this is the first →

Ruby Cossairt is an Upper Elementary Montessori Teacher from Ojai, California. She works with 9-12 year olds during the day, and by night she blogs at The Absorbent Teacher. She shares reflections and ideas from →

As we get ready for school, we’ve gathered our supplies, maybe purchased new shoes, and many of us are toting a new lunch box. But then, the big question -- what to put in the lunch →

We're so excited to get back to work. The next coming weeks and months are going to be awesome. That is not to say every day is going to be easy. In fact, we all →