Why “Monkey Puzzle”? No, it’s not a test where toddlers have to figure out how to open a banana. The name comes from the Araucaria araucana tree—also called the monkey puzzle tree—because its spiky leaves confuse monkeys trying to climb it. That’s the official story. The unofficial story is that the founder once saw a chimp trying to do algebra and thought, “Close enough.”
The real deal is this: the nursery is brainy and quirky. Kids don’t just play with blocks; they experiment with block philosophy. “Why does the blue block always fall first?” one tot asks. The staff doesn’t flinch—they give a five-minute TED Talk on gravitational theory in kid-speak.
