Schools

Over the last couple of months, people kept asking us, is Charlie going to be in school in Argentina? We would answer, that's the plan, and Dava too! But the truth was that, though I had spent a significant amount of time reading and researching schools in Buenos Aires, and Jonathan had asked his contacts (and their contacts) for advice, we had found information was not easy to come by, and sometimes contradictory. This was partly a function of it being summer vacation in B.A. over the last couple of months. 

So we weren't sure how the school thing would work out once we hit the ground, but we did manage to schedule three school tours for our first couple of days. Our very first morning (not including the hazy, sleep-deprived first morning after we arrived at 4:30 am on Wednesday) we visited Jardin Fallow Land and were immediately charmed by their openness and holistic approach to schooling. The school is housed in a converted townhouse, which reinforces the very homey, warm, relaxed feel given out by the staff, the decorations, and the promise of daily home-cooked meals for lunch. The school had spaces for both Charlie and Dava, happily.

Charlie said: What I liked best was the gym room, it has ropes and the blankets we can climb on [aerial ropes]. 

We also saw Lange Ley, which came recommended from a Buenos Aires Parents Group. While it was much more convenient than Jardin Fallow Land (a pleasant walk away, rather than the forced march away that Fallow Land will seem on some days), it was a larger school with a less personal environment than Fallow Land.