Easing into the New School Year: A Calm, Unhurried Guide for Tokyo Families Late August in Tokyo brings a quiet shift in rhythm. As the summer holidays start to wind down, our thoughts drift towards the upcoming school year. For guides and teachers, we have had some time to sleep in, relax, and do all the things we didn’t have much time for during the school year, and, as the weeks pass, we start to miss the children in our care and wonder how they have grown over the holiday

Celebrating Spring at Dandelion Montessori School. A Month of Blossoms and Learning We began the month by enjoying the cherry blossoms during a picnic at the park. It was lovely to finally sit out in the sun! The beauty of the blossoms surrounded us, and we felt the warmth of spring in the air. April was filled with so many cooking opportunities. We started by making "Stone Soup," a Dandelion favorite. Each child brought in a vegetable, which we chopped and added to the pot w