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ABC-HOUSE FAMILY WEEKEND 07 AND 08 OCTOBER 2023

DOWN THE MOUNTAINS
It’s party time again on ABC and in the mountains. The Almabtrieb of the shepherds and shepherdesses with their cows in autumn is an old tradition and magnificent spectacle…. Their bells accompany us along gurgling mountain streams and beautiful scenery back to the valley.
Not afraid of heights? Then climb along to the top of the world and meet rock formations with faces, cairns or perhaps the mystical yeti. After your extended walk over the mountain peaks, you can quietly descend to the creche café, a kamishibai storytelling session or the tunnel trail….
Holla di Rittio – Holadihoo!
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PRACTICAL
Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 October 2023 // 10am-5pm
ABC House, Place Gaucheret 13, 1030 Brussels
All ages

ABC-HOUSE WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP FOR YOUNGSTERS

Do you like to leave the beaten path? Do you like to read between the lines? Together for a whole afternoon of ‘tentacular’ thinking, exploring, connecting, deepening, getting lost, imagining, philosophizing, playing, gaining special insights and discovering and developing your own interests in the process.
We work in thematic series of five Wednesdays. You register for each 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)
Registration via mail@abc-web.be

Theme 1, 08/11, 15/11, 22/11, 29/11 and 06/12/2023
Theme 2, 10/01, 17/01, 24/01, 31/01 and 07/02/2024
Theme 3, 28/02, 06/03, 13/03, 20/03 and 27/03/2024

 

CONSULTATION DAYS ABC LIBRARY

ABC RESEARCH CENTER
FREE RESEARCH – CONSULTATION DAYS ABC LIBRARY
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 or evening 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. Give us a call if you want to come, fresh coffee will be waiting for you!

PRACTICAL
Monday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
04/09, 18/09, 02/10, 16/10, 30/10, 13/11, 27/11 and 11/12/2023
Tuesday from 5.30 p.m. tot 9.30 p.m.
12/09, 26/09, 10/10, 24/10, 07/11, 21/11, 05/12 and 19/12/2023
Other consultation times are available by appointment.

 

BABOES – ABC HOUSE – FAREWELL PARTY SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

BABOES is a meeting place for young children (0-4 years) and their parents. It’s a place where your child can play together with other children an discover new things while you are present.

From July 2023, the functioning of the Brussels Houses of the Child will be thoroughly reformed. The offer currently run by several organizations including Ket in Brussel asbl – Baboes, will be incorporated into a new structure. At the end of September, the Baboes collaboration in the ABC House will come to an end. On 23/09 Baboes organizes a farewell party, everyone is welcome from 9:30 am!

For easily accessible play and meeting moments for children ages 0 to 4, you can still visit the Play Café Elmer in the House of the Child North.

PRACTICAL
Baboes Schaerbeek – ABC House
Place Gaucheret 13, 1030 Brussels
Every Monday from 9.30 till 12.30h
Every Saturday from 9.30 till 12.30h
Untill the end of September 2023

Baboes is also open during school holidays.
More about Baboes

POSTA SILENZIOSA 09/2023

Every first day of the month ABC sends a mail: “Posta silenziosa.” A powerful image, a provocative quote, a poetic thought, etc., coming from the ABC collection or the web, and sometimes linked to one of our current projects, but mainly just because we like to surprise you. An eye- or heartcatcher, or call it ‘a healthy form of emotional irritation.’

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ARTS & EDUCATION

What can education learn from the arts about the practice of education? Elliot W. Eisner argues that the distinctive forms of thinking needed to create artistically crafted work are relevant not only to what students do, they are relevant to virtually all aspects of what we do, from the design of curricula, to the practice of teaching, to the features of the environment in which students and teachers live. Originally given as the John Dewey Lecture for 2002, Stanford University. Read more … WikiPedia …


Wat kan het onderwijs van de kunsten leren ? Elliot W. Eisner stelt dat de specifieke denkvormen die vereist zijn voor het creëren van kunstwerken niet alleen van belang zijn voor wat leerlingen doen, maar voor nagenoeg alles wat we doen, van het vormgeven van curricula, het onderwijzen zelf, tot het ontwerpen van de omgevingen waarin leerlingen en leraars leven. Origineel uitgesproken in 2002 als John Dewey Lecture aan de universiteit van Stanford. Lees meer … WikiPedia …

CREATIVITY & EDUCATION

RESPONDING TO CHILDREN’S ART

Lindy Anne Solomon, Creative Beginnings
A hands-on innovative approach to art making for adults and children. © STE Publishers, Johannesburg, 2005