This is how we ended the school year: studying the snails through play and contact, letting them run around our heads or preparing a little garden with leaves and earth… Because that’s how passion is nurtured: through play and direct experimentation. Here I leave you with some photos, which inspired me to write this little [ >> ]
Author: Gwen
Hi, I'm Gwen, one of the mums (& dads) who participated in the creation of Pan y Cacahuetes. Mum of 3 kids, translator and blogger, I'm Anglo-belgian by birth, and Spanish in my heart ;-)
My other blogs:
www.architect-alpujarra.com ;
www.au-rythme-des-enfants.com
Back to school? Back to the forest!
After the obligatory summer break, we finally meet up with our beloved forest in a morning outing all together !!! ? ?After a week of enjoying the changes and remodeling of the @panycacahuetes, carried out by the mums and dads… ?We really wanted an excursion to the nearby valley? ?The children wanted to climb the “pirate [ >> ]
Carnival 2020 – Exterminating yet another plague!
Bugs: we love bugs. Children love to play with them. They can spend hours observing how the ants transport their food to the anthill, chasing and catching the butterflies, handling the woodlice and seeing how they curl up and down. But there are insects that we like less, and that we have to get rid [ >> ]
Improvements to our mud-kitchen !
Our outside “mud kitchen” is probably one of our kids’ favourite spaces in the escuelita. And this is hardly surprising, as the outdoor kitchen allows them not only to imitate what adults do, but also: – stimulates their imagination (they prepare many cakes, soups and other delicacies); – develops symbolic game (role distribution in the [ >> ]
Neuronal connections children/adults
Did you know that: children have around a million billion neuronal connections while adults only have 300 billion? This is due to the greater plasticity of the brain in children: up to the age of six, our little ones have an incredible ability to “remodel” their brain, that is, to create new connections or delete [ >> ]
Carnival: combatting the giant flea!
For the first time, we have celebrated carnival in our little school! The theme was closely related to a tough time we had at the beginning of the year. We had just cleaned everything: carpets, cushions, furniture, materials, windows, garden. Everything was ready for the arrival of the children. The day the school finally opens [ >> ]
More excursions, withe the younger and the older kids
Mother Nature… is what most nourishes and makes them blossom! The minute the gate the school gate opens, they rush off to the track that leads them to their favorite spots: the “pirate boat” (a huge fig tree where every one of them finds their place and performs their role) or the orange and golden [ >> ]
Little explorers…
… conquering new parts of this astonishing and ever changing nature. A few photos are worth much more than a thousand words! [ >> ]