About Baan Ton Mai

History of BAANTONMAI

History or the beginning of the school, the original name of the school is Prananthanit Kindergarten, which has been in operation for 42 years, dating back to 1982.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Prachumporn Suwannatra, former headmaster of the Demonstration School of Khon Kaen University and a lecturer at Sarit Chulalongkorn University School, resigned from government service to raise his 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son by establishing a nursery at his private home and named it Prananthanit Nursery, which is his daughter’s real name, meaning:

- Pra: constant - Nantha: happiness - Nit: eternal

The overall meaning is happiness that occurs from the beginning until eternity.

When the first day of operation, there were 7 more children of friends who came to start learning together happily. After that, more students came until it developed into Prananthanit Kindergarten School and is currently known as Baan Ton Mai Trilingual Kindergarten School. It adheres to the principle of organizing activities to develop skills in observation, thinking, analysis and developing creativity, which is an important result from research in the doctoral degree. It promotes children to learn through direct experiences in the best way (Research on teaching programs to develop creativity in kindergarten age, a dissertation from the Faculty of Education, Illinois State University, U.S.A. by Asst. Prof. Dr. Prajumporn Suwannatra).

BAANTONMAI TIMELINE

1982
Founded a school

Set up a nursery at a private home and named it Prananthanit Nursery.

2010
Develop

Developed into a bilingual kindergarten in a tree house

2014
Change to

Converted to a trilingual kindergarten at Baan Ton Mai