Why Twelve Adolescents Started a Palaeontology Program and Three Finished It: Attrition as Evidence in Erdkinder Montessori
Twelve adolescents at our school joined the first session of a four-week palaeontology program this April. Eight returned for Session 2. Four returned for Session 3. Three completed Session 4 and continued working with us after the school year ended. The numbers are the most useful single data point in the case study, Blue Blocks […]
From Pink Tower to Satellite: Three Montessori Adolescents at the AMI Congress
Three adolescents from Blue Blocks Montessori School in Hyderabad stood on the main stage of the 30th International Montessori Congress in Mexico, in front of 1,500 attendees from the global AMI community, and walked the audience through their work — from the foundational Montessori material every one of those 1,500 trained adults had once placed […]
Self-Expression in Montessori: How a Five-Year-Old Speaks to a Stranger Without Help
A five-year-old stood at his stall at our annual school event and explained his project to visitors he had never met before. He had no script. No adult prompted him. The visitors had not been prepared in advance with the right questions. His father, watching from a few feet away, told us afterwards: “He’s just […]
Child-Led Learning: Three Sentences From a Mother at Explore Montessori 2025
A mother at our annual school event answered three of our questions in three short sentences. Asked what she had learned from supporting her daughter’s project for the day, she said: “Children, when given freedom to explore, think beyond limits and surprise us with their creativity. Learning becomes deeper when it is children-led.” Asked how […]
What Project-Based and Experiential Learning Actually Look Like in a Montessori Classroom
Months earlier, a family in Hyderabad had lost their house key. Locked out for three or four hours, they had to find an alternative way in. Their son watched the whole thing. “It formed some impressions in his mind,” the father told us at our annual school event, Explore Montessori 2025, held on 29 November […]
Announcing SBB-2: Blue Blocks’ Next Student-Built Satellite Was Unveiled at AMI Congress 2026
On 12 January 2026, a satellite payload built by adolescents at our school in Hyderabad sat inside an ISRO rocket on the launchpad at Sriharikota. The countdown started. The rocket lifted. A few seconds later, the launch vehicle experienced an anomaly, and the cargo it carried — including SBB-1, our first student-built satellite — was […]
Catching Up to Your Child: A Parent’s Guide to Staying Relevant
PARENTING | Montessori | Blue Blocks Catching Up to Your Child: A Parent’s Guide to Staying Relevant Your child is growing faster than you expected. The world around them is changing even faster. Here is how Montessori helps you stay connected — without holding them back. • • • You have felt it. That moment […]