Passing on the joy of learning to your children

Learning is a joy and it is to pass on to our children

How can we teach our children that learning is also a joy and a source of satisfaction? Because by getting involved and persevering, we develop an attitude of openness, questioning and curiosity? Endless discovery! Why does this obvious fact remain so absent from our experience and transmission as parents, teachers and adults? It’s the best […]

Benoît Califano, schooling in this world

Benoit Califano, documentariste, journaliste

Benoît Califano was a great school documentary maker. He passed away at the age of 56, in December 2023.He was also a journalist for France Inter and Arte. And a teacher at the Ecole supérieure de journalisme (ESJ) in Montpellier. His documentaries questions us: what is a country’s school, at a given moment in its […]

Before sleeping : 3 stories of minusculette

La lampe à histoires Minusculette

Les aventures of Minusculette The adventures of Minusculette are written by Kimiko* and illustrated by Christine Davenier*. Two experts in the field of children’s literature! They tell little children the sweet and wonderful adventures of their heroine Minusculette. Here, kindness and gentleness reign, as well as amazement at nature and all living creatures. This reading […]

All Saints’ Day holidays : homework and good health

Vacances de la Toussaint _ révisions et bonne santé

Holidays in november:: it’s a time for revision and rest. It’s time to evaluate the start of the school year in September and check on the health of our heroes.   All Saints’ Day holidays: at the end of the first term, it’s time to take stock! In France, the beginning of the school year […]

Choosing Chinese as a second language for your child

Choisir le chinois seconde langue

Chinese is a beautiful language and one of the most widely used in the world. Many parents wonder whether it is appropriate to choose the « Chinese option » for their child’s schooling. What about you? Chinese, this fascinating language More than 1.4 billion Chinese in their country, not to mention the thousands of Chinese communities around […]