PROGRAMMING ABC-HOUSE 2025/2026
FOR PUPILS
Primary and Secondary Education
SCHOOL VISITS ABC-HOUSE OCTOBER 2025 – JUNE 2026 – FULLY BOOKED
STUDIO IN MOTION
Panta rhei*, everything flows, everything moves; plants, people, objects and even stories and ideas are constantly transforming.
Things are moving individually or in group, in the same direction or each in a different direction. Sometimes they are driven by natural or mechanical forces at other times they steer themselves.We think we see something shifting while it stays where it is or we do not even notice that something is changing – because it is too familiar or too large: the world turning, the rhythm of breathing and circulation, a rippling stream, the passage of time….
In this studio, we don’t sit still ourselves, but put the whole ABC house in motion!
Turning matchboxes into automata, leaving traces while dancing, testing Newton’s laws, playing with shadows on the wall, growing stories through time or building the longest domino track in the world.
*Panta Rhei: ‘Everything flows'(Greek: πάντα ῥεῖ) philosophical statement and thought attributed to the presocratic philosopher Heraclitus
SCHOOL VISIT – WHAT TO EXPECT
A class visit takes a whole day. Small groups of 6 to 8 children are accompanied by an ABC-guide. Together they travel through the studio where the guide engages in dialogue with the children and responds as much as possible to their interests. In this way we try to stimulate curiosity, individual creativity and critical citizenship. The activities are adapted to the age of the children. The children can prepare their own lunch in the spacious kitchen workshop.
Teachers can participate in the activities or find inspiration in the studios and our library.
PRACTICAL
From 09/10/2025 to 19/06/2026
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Max. 25 children per day
Target audiences
Children in their 3rd year of kindergarten
Primary school students
Secondary school students
Price
10 euros per student + 5 euros per student for the cooking workshop
Supervisors do not pay
Project weeks
In addition to day visits, ABC offers schools also the opportunity for more in-depth and long-term work with us. This offer applies to both primary and secondary schools.
Specifically: a class (of max 25 pupils) can use our new ‘laboratory-classroom’ for several weeks to work closely with the ABC-guides on a certain project. In collaboration with the teachers, a variety of themes can be customized to take attainment goals into account.
The approach is associative, interdisciplinary and experiential, and is continually made to link science, technology, philosophy, cooking, math, history and of course, the arts. Classical subjects (such as mathematics and language) also take place during these project weeks. Therefore it is interesting, in the case of a secondary school, to work with a whole team of teachers so that the specialist teachers experientially discover that creativity can play a role in all fields (ABC = ART BASED CURRICULUM).
In this way, schools get in close contact with ABC’s holistic philosophy and the cross-over approach from the inside. The added value, in comparison to regular classes, includes our rich collection (books and materials), the experience of the guides in the field of wide learning and differentiating, and the sophisticated architecture/design that encourages independent research.
Not all research moments take place in the ‘laboratory-classroom’. For certain activities we use other specially equipped areas of the ABC-house: E.g. for technology we work in our workshops, for physical activity we go to the movement space, we do research in the extensive library and we use the garden and kitchen for cooking.
More info?
Send an email to mail@abc-web.be or call us 02 502 00 27.
FOR STUDENTS
The ABC House is open to students from a variety of disciplines (teachers in training, social-cultural work, Project Kunstvakken (project art subjects), artistic education, etc).
INDIVIDUAL
Those who would like to find inspiration for a thesis, an internship project, etc, can consult the collection by appointment. Photocopies can be made and we loan out kamishibai, books and materials under certain conditions.
INTERNSHIPS
ABC offers students from various disciplines the opportunity to do an internship. Students can observe and assist in the development of new projects and also act as ABC-guides in the studios. Call or mail early to request an internship position.
ACTIVE TOURS IN ABC-HOUSE
For groups of students in teacher training courses
ABC wants to inspire future teachers by making it clear that you can also learn by exploring, that you experience a lot by playing and that art and culture can prompt a variety of cross-curricular activities. An ABC-studio is actually a creative learning environment where quite a few ideas can be picked out for classroom practice in terms of interior design as well as educational materials and activities. Specifically, we explore various studios over the course of a whole day and try some activities and materials ourselves. Afterwards, ABC-guides, together with the visitors, search for a possible translation of our approach to their own teaching. That way, we invite future teachers to consciously look, listen and associate.
PRACTICAL
Group visits from 09/10/2025 till 19/06/2026
Thursday from 9:30 to 15:30
Maximum number of participants: 30
Price: 12 euros per person
FOR TEACHERS
The ABC-house is also open to teachers and other professionals. Primarily as guides of their students/children, but also for specific seminars for groups of teachers.
ABC offers teachers the opportunity to work on a ‘curriculum of the inner life,’ where the mind, emotions and the soul are addressed. We believe -also based on our experiences- in a holistic approach to education, which considers people not only functioning beings, but approaches them as complete individuals with dreams, ideas, imaginations…
We want to communicate such insights experientially with the participants by allowing them to become acquainted with the strength of the collection (resources of the house), and how they can be used in the classroom: by doing research yourself, through associative and interdisciplinary work, etc. Other points of interest are personality development, visual literacy, and awareness of flexible classroom style: teachers experience firsthand the impact of space on the learning process, the importance of architecture, interior design, light, etc.
PRACTICAL
Visits from 09/10/2025 till 19/06/2026
On Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 to 15:30
Maximum number of participants: 30
Price: 250 euros + 21% VAT per guide.
A guide works with up to 10 people
Those who would like to gain inspiration for their own classroom project can consult the collection by appointment. Spot copies can be made and under certain conditions we also lend kamishibai stories, books and materials.
PRACTICAL:
contact us for an appointment.
CONSULTATION DAYS ABC LIBRARY
ABC RESEARCH CENTER
Several days a month the house is open for free research and consultation in our library. Teachers, educators, students, parents, scientists, artists and other interested parties can spend an entire afternoon finding inspiration, researching, preparing lessons, working on internship projects and meeting each other. Upon request, we are happy to give a tour of our collection or introduction to our way of working. An ABC staff member can support you in your research.
PRACTICAL
Monday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
13/04, 27/04, 11/05, 08/06, 22/06/2026
Tuesday from 4 p.m. till 8 p.m.
21/04, 05/05, 19/05, 16/06/2026
IN GROUP
During the Carnival holidays and the second week of the Easter holidays, the ABC-house will be open for groups from after-school care or other (youth) organisations.
We can invite a maximum of 30 children per day from primary schools and guide small groups through the ABC-house.
PRACTICAL
For children of 3rd year of kindergarten till the sixth grade of primary school.
Max. 30 children/group.
Autumn holidays from Monday 27/10 till Friday 31/10/2025
Carnival holidays from Tuesday 17/02 till Friday 20/02/2026
Easter holidays from Tuesday 14/04 till Friday 17/04/2026
The whole day from 9:30 till 16.30
Price : 8 euros/child in case of an organization from Brussels, 12 euros/kind for organisations outside of Brussels.
Reduced Paspartoe Group Pass
Adults who accompany the children don’t pay
HOLIDAY COURSES
Holiday courses 2026
Week 1: from Monday 06/07 till Friday 10/07/2026 – Imagine to float
Week 2: from Monday 24/08 till Friday 28/08/2026 – Wiskunde: 𝝅 maal duim
PRACTICAL
– Online booking on Wednesday 22/04/2026, 9 am
– In Dutch
– ABC holiday courses are focused on primary school children (first to sixth grade). We provide a mix of playful, creative and energetic activities.
– Children are divided by age into groups of max. 10, support is provided by experienced ABC-guides.
– Opening hours: from 9:00 to 16:00 – additional care is possible beforehand from 8:30 and afterwards until 17:00.
– Price: 175 euros /first child, 165 euros /second child, 145 euros/third child (family) / 60 euros Paspartoe reduction rate.
– Bring a packed lunch.
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOPS
Every Wednesday, from 13:30 to 16:30, we open the ABC-house for a workshop. Children from primary school, both in the immediate vicinity of the ABC-house (around Gaucheret) and from other Brussels neighborhoods, get busy accompanied by an ABC-guide. Experiment, play games, philosophise, listen to stories, cook, move, paint, build or tinker… the ABC-collection gives rise to a plethora of different creative and playful activities.
PRACTICAL:
Every Wednesday from 08/10/2025 till 17/06/2026
From 14:00 till 16:30
Price: 200 euros /first child, 190 euros /second child, 170 euros/third child (family) / 60 euros Paspartoe reduction rate
More information? catherine@abc-web.be
WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP FOR YOUNGSTERS
Do you like to leave the beaten path? Do you like to read between the lines? You are welcome to the ABC House for afternoons surrounded by materials, books, art and ideas.
We will design, connect, imagine, explore, and learn new techniques. We will take time: to try, create, fail, and be surprised by what emerges.
We work in thematic series of five Wednesdays. You may sign up per series or for the whole year (3 series, 15 workshops).
PRACTICAL
On Wednesdays from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For young people aged 12 to 15 years
Cost, including materials: 60 euros per series of 5 workshops or 150 euros for 3 series (15 workshops), 60 euro Paspartoe
Registration via mail@abc-web.be
Theme 1: Cooking Labo
29/10, 05/11, 12/11, 19/11 and 26/11/2025
Theme 2: Textile
14/01, 21/01, 28/01, 04/02 and 11/02/2026
Theme 3: Kayak
04/03, 11/03, 18/03, 25/03 and 01/04/2026
EXTRA
On 15/04/2026 we organize an open workshop as an introduction to the activities.
Doors open from 11am, for lunch we serve soup with bread to refuel. The workshop ends at 5 pm.
WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS
During the workshop for adults, you will each time explore a particular aspect from the ABC ateliers and the library. Accompanied by an experienced guide, you will try out different activities and get a lot of inspiration to continue working at home or in the classroom.
You can register for the whole series or per theme workshop.
Read more
09/12/2025 LUNCHBOX
24/02/2026 CIRCLE SONG
26/03/2026 KAYAK
23/04/2026 IN MOTION
PRACTICAL
ABC House, Place Gaucheret 13, 1030 Brussels
From 18h to 21h30
Price: 60 euros + 21% VAT per workshop or 220 euros + 21% VAT for the whole series (4 workshops).
Register via mail@abc-web.be
FAMILY WEEKEND
ABC opens its doors one weekend each season for the whole family to discover the ABC-house.
The program will be communicated several weeks in advance.
Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 – all ages – come and go freely.
Family weekends 2026
Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of October 2026