Acoustic guitar and ukulele lessons: Learning to play an instrument is so great!
Did you know that elementary school children of be.Living can take acoustic guitar lessons, and now ukulele lessons too? Two instruments that we can say that are related but have their own unique characteristics. To learn a little more about each instrument, we talked to guitar teacher Daniel Farina Moreno, and ukelele teacher Marcelo Farina […]
Blue and Year 5: memory to grow!
“It is from the connection to the past that we gain the strength to form our identity” (Ecléa Bosi) Do you know what Year 5 and Blue have in common? Both classes are in a transition period: the Blue students are bidding farewell to Early Childhood Education to begin a new cycle in Elementary School, […]
“I tell a tale”
Throughout last year, Year 2 worked on the literary genre Fables. After months of in-depth study, the class worked together to rewrite a book of familiar stories, each with a new ending proposed by the children. In parallel, the student Maria, who loves writing and, more than anything, drawing, was writing and illustrating a very […]
Learning opportunities in bilingual education
Bilingual education transcends learning English as a second language. Unlike learning English, our children learn in English. The second language therefore becomes the medium through which instruction takes place. At be.Living, this instruction takes place all the time, through a wide variety of situations proposed for the children to experience their daily routines in English: […]
MAC 2022: “I need these written words”
be.Living’s Art and Science Fair – MAC IX – is an invitation to reflect on the importance of words. With the title “I need these written words” – inspired by the work of Arthur Bispo do Rosário, the Fair is the end result of a long investigative, reflexive and creative process for the Elementary School […]
Projects: an engaging way to learn!
At be.Living, we believe that learning happens when it is truly meaningful. That is why the child takes the leading role in the learning process at our school. We consider each of them as unique and intelligent individuals, capable of producing knowledge and culture. From Early Childhood Education to Elementary School, they are seen, heard, […]
Knowledge recuperation: a student right
A fundamental proposal of be.Living is to build knowledge. For children to build knowledge, they need to learn how to do it first. As a school, we understand that we have the role of experiencing all the steps of this process with them, which also includes evaluation and recuperation. Within this learning journey, the recuperation […]
Teacher Training: A constant learning process
School is, quintessentially, a place of training. It is a study environment that involves the core of human knowledge; the knowledge of one’s self and others. It is a place of cognitive and citizenship training; it is the first collective environment that children enter outside the family environment. Because it is a place of training, […]
Centers and mini-groups: A close look at each child
Small groups of no more than 6 students, gathered to explore a certain topic, with freedom to investigate, make connections, and propose solutions to questions and challenges. Always very closely monitored by a teacher, who keeps a careful, alert, and attentive eye on each child, helping them in their individual development. These are the “centers”, […]
Rites of Passage: The importance of ritualizing special moments of a child’s life at school
Rites of passage have been a part of the life and history of mankind. Since the beginning of time, all historically known societies and major groups of culture and citizenship perform rites of passage to commune, celebrate, and ritualize significant events, building and preserving memory. As champion of knowledge and cultural aspects tied to bonding […]