Baan Dek Montessori

Ms. Wood and Mrs. Bauer discuss music in the young toddler community at Baan Dek Montessori.

Ms. Wood and Mrs. Bauer discuss when learning starts. Traditionally conceived, there's a cultural assumption that learning only happens when children turn six, and enter into Kindergarten or even first grade.

Bobby George and Charlotte Wood of The Baan Dek Montessori, discuss how to become a Montessori teacher.

Bobby George and Charlotte Wood enter into a discussion of Helen Keller and Montessori.

Bobby George and Charlotte Wood discuss the value, ethics, and characteristics of work in the Montessori classroom.

Bobby George and Jamie Bauer sit down to discuss how to create a Montessori home environment.

Bobby George and Charlotte Wood, both of The Baan Dek Montessori, discuss Montessori's lecture, "A New World and Education", first delivered in 1947.

In this podcast, we discuss the role community plays in the Montessori classroom. By community we mean so many things.

While Montessori and Froebel share a number of common traits, in particular, their emphasis on the individual needs of each and every child, they radically differ on a wide range of issues. In this podcast, the fourth in our ongoing series, we sit down with Hugh Weber, a Montessori parent, connector, catalyst and community builder; as well as Charlotte Wood, a primary guide at Baan Dek, and a thought leader in this space. We discuss how Montessori enacted a transformation in education, and, more specifically, how her system of learning was designed to encapsulate what is traditionally conceived as the kindergarten year. The importance of Montessori Kindergarten, as the completion of a program that was carefully designed to meet the individual, developmental needs of the children, at this biologically formative period, is discussed within the broader context of fostering learning, as a whole.

Bobby George and Charlotte Wood record a podcast to discuss their own reflections on the development of language with young children, especially within the context of the Montessori environment.

Bobby George and Jamie Bauer sit down to have a conversation about the toddler environment. They talk, more specifically, about what the toddler classroom looks like, how it works, and why it is so special. They also touch upon how to prepare children to transition to the primary classroom, and why we, as a society, still have so much yet to learn from the amazing minds of children. We hope you enjoy this second podcast in our series.

Bobby George and Charlotte Wood, from The Baan Dek Montessori, sat down to chat about the role Montessori plays in education. The starting point was a quote from Jean-Marie Guyau: "Through seeing others smile, the child smiles." As with all things Montessori, there are so many layers, that sometimes the best way to carefully try to unfold them is rather spontaneously. If you enjoy the conversation, and would like to hear more podcasts, please don't hesitate to let us know.