June Festival
This year we celebrate our June Festival in a different but very joyful and meaningful way, honoring this event that is so rich and important for our culture. be.Living’s “2021 June Festival” took place over the last fortnight of the month, through various cultural experiences that brought many lessons and pleasurable moments for the children. […]
Remote teaching rituals bring the school closer to children
Having side conversations, showing the notebook to the teacher, sitting with colleagues to do group activities, moving the body in the classroom space, experiencing the time of starting and ending school, day in and day out. There are so many meaningful experiences that take place within the physical school settings throughout the knowledge building process! […]
Productions of the Literary May project
After a whole month of events intended to further engage our community with the work we develop with our children through literature, the Literary May came to an end and we are left with a great the feeling of accomplishment! We understand it was a meaningful time for sharing that provided the families and also […]
Interview: Teacher Vinícius talks about his book “The origin of Shuttlecock”
Ever since he was a kid, be.Living’s music teacher Vinícius Medrado has always liked to play with sounds and words. In addition to making music, he also wrote poems, songs, and stories. As an adult, the teacher, musician and “story singer,” as he calls himself, still remains a curious, inspired soul. He is launching, as […]
Africa Project
There is a Ghanaian proverb that says “It’s never too late to turn back and take back what was left behind”. In other words, it’s about looking into the past to give new meaning to the present and build a conscious future. In order to deeply unveil the origins of the Brazilian people and rescue […]
Learning about civil rights in the context of the pandemic
Thinking about “civil rights” within the context of a pandemic has been as fundamental as it is challenging. After all, civil law is focused on the collective, on unity and equality, and it is a search that is made as a community, for a more harmonious life for all people. The “Civil Rights” project has […]
At home: a space to study and a space to play
The pandemic has deeply affected our homes. With social isolation, the household was taken over by many different external environments: parents’ workplace, children’s school setting, leisure and play spaces – all of them happening, often at the same time, inside the household, which is still the place where the family comes together. That is precisely […]
Brazilian culture at our school
Did you know that be.Living has a Brazilian Culture team? Indeed we do! be.Living is a Brazilian bilingual school with educational goals aligned with the Brazilian Common Core Curriculum (BNCC) and that transcends any idea of bilingualism that could increase the distance or drive a wedge between the Portuguese and English languages or between different […]
The pandemic’s toll on the bodies and souls of children
Social rupture, lack of routine, separation from nature, excessive exposure to screens and a turmoil of emotions and feelings amidst a wave of uncertainties… How has this new way of living impacted the lives of children? What has it done to their bodies and souls? And how can us adults help them through these times […]
Back to school with hybrid education
The moment we are living is challenging for everyone involved in the educational process: the children, the educational team, the administrative team, and the families. Even knowing that the current context and conditions are not ideal compared to what we believe that school can be and can provide to meet the needs of children and […]