We love flowers at Baan Dek. They freshen up the place, especially in the winter. Did you know that flowers are a mainstay in Montessori classrooms? Yes! We often bring in flowers for the students to learn how to cut and arrange. As a matter of fact, it’s a favorite activity amongst the children. This […]
As of today, January 3, 2012, we opened at our new location. Hooray! We thought you might like to take a short tour of some of the many architectural things that make Baan Dek unique. Baan Dek was designed specifically with children in mind. It’s their home, where everything, and we mean everything, is just […]
Life circumstances as such, two of our students had to depart for new adventures in a new city. We decided to throw them a little going away party, where everyone had the opportunity to wish them well. To our delight, pretty much every student had something positive to say. Mostly, “good luck”, and “we’ll miss […]
Over the weekend, as the weather started to change, and Winter reared it’s head, we walked around the outside of the new space, noting the recently transplanted trees, and their position in relation to the outdoor learning environments.
It was brought to our attention, by our lovely builders, the Van Buskirk family, that a few, old, beautiful pin oak trees were scheduled to be torn down. They wanted to know if we wanted to try to salvage them. Of course, our response was instanteous, “Yes. Let’s do it!” Take a look, as the […]