Giving Time
Whether we know it or not, we live busy lives. Each, in our own way, we strive to accommodate, and sometimes even tackle, our overpacked calendars. Calendars can be extremely overwhelming, especially the digital sort, →
Former Student Returns
A former student, who graduated from Baan Dek, returned to read a story to her friends. It was such a great experience, not only for the staff and teachers, but also for the current students →
Montessori School of Louisville
We recently had the opportunity to converse with Gregory Dixon, Head of School at the Montessori School of Louisville. We're very pleased to be able to share with you our correspondence. So many wonderful insights →
Proud Sponsor
We have so many things to say & share. First, we wanted to say thank you to Hugh Weber. The OTA Sessions is the single greatest annual event in the city of Sioux Falls, and →
Join us.
You might have heard us say it before. We're growing, and we're looking for someone to grow with us. We have a unique culture. We think it's a pretty special place. We also think you →
Spotlight Jessica Pina
We can't wait to introduce you to Jessica Pina. She's from Aruba. Do we need to say anything more!? It's been a real pleasure exchanging notes with her, getting to learn all about her experiences, →
OTA Sessions
A little over three years ago, at an exhibition of sorts, we had the great opportunity of meeting Hugh Weber. Hugh is one of those larger than life type characters. Before you meet him, you →
Toddler at Baan Dek
We have some very special and exciting news to share with you. We're going to open a Toddler program in the Fall of 2013. It'll be the first of its kind in the state of →
Spotlight Dane Peters
We have a very special Spotlight to share with you. Meet Dane Peters, of the Brooklyn Heights Montessori school. It was such a pleasure to discover his background, hear his advice, and learn what might →
These are our future leaders
We thought we'd put together a few of the notes from our latest parent education workshop on "The Importance of the Kindergarten Year". This was, perhaps, the most powerful and engaging workshop that we've ever →
Importance of Kindergarten
One of our parents, Donoso S. Escobar, was kind enough to share his thoughts on the "Importance of the Kindergarten" year in Montessori. We would love to now share them with you. For my five-year-old →
Baan Dek Summer Camps
Leap into Summer, with Baan Dek Summer Camps! Put away your backpacks, and get out your sunglasses. This is going to be the most exhilarating Summer Camp that we've ever put on. We're going to →
The Concept of Zero
There's a really wonderful origin story about the concept of zero. In Architecture as Metaphor, Kojin Karatani, writes: "Zero was invented in India and was originally the name for not moving a bead on an →
Spotlight Anna Lee
We're extremely pleased to Spotlight Anna Lee, from Meadows Montessori, in Fredrick, Maryland. We first encountered Anna through her lovely talk on TEDx, which we've posted below. From the very start, we felt her contagious →
1 Unit, 1 Ten, 1 Hundred, 1 Thousand
You've probably heard us say this before, but if there's one way to describe Montessori, it is that the only way to achieve the abstract, is through the concrete. Now, there's a lot at work →
