Archive
Rodrigo and the Robot (story told by Cutchinha / supervisor and football coach; mother of Rodrigo)
I wanted to motivate my son Rodrigo (10 years old) to do certain things and I tried to explain it to him like this: “If your room is dirty, you have to clean it like I clean mine. And if y
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Leonilde and her math difficulties (story told by Zito / educator and football coach)
I study math with Leonilde (11 years old) almost every day. One day she asked me if I finished school. I said yes and asked why she wanted to know. “Because you explain much better than th
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Nerline the math specialist (told by Samir – Educator)
Nerline is 7 years old. I do homework with her on a regular basis and I noticed how much she likes math and how good she is at it. So I started to explain multiplication to her in a playful
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Neiva and football (told by Samir – Educator)
Neiva is 10 years old. I have a particularly close relationship with her. Neiva is a very smart girl and I really enjoy studying with her. The other day she told me that when she came to the
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Where to go in case of sexual abuse (told by Cutchinha – educator, football coach)
I often use the football training with the U16 girls to talk about a wide variety of topics. I often prepare for it by researching the Internet. Not long ago I was sitting with 8 players and
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Teacher beating up children (story told by Gilson, Project manager, Educator)
While we were doing activities in the Art Room with the kids, two kids start talking to each other about their teachers punishing them in class. One starts by saying that the teacher beats t
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Cellphone repair (told by Suzete – IT instructor)
Zequinha 14 years old, comes to the Center regularly and likes to use the Internet for research purposes. Some time ago his cellphone broke. In his distress, he came to me and said he needed
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The heart does not want to (told by Cutchinha – educator, coach)
Sandrine is 6 years old and my job is to do homework with her. Sandrine knows, of course, that we don’t force her to do homework, but I am always trying to convince her to do it. One d
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The bearded fisherman (told by Marisa – co-founder Delta Cultura, cultural director)
I was sitting with a group of kindergarten kids and we talked about animals. I asked the children if they know which animal has a beard and comes ashore from the sea. So far I have only know
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Suelmy and the bones – told by Inês (volunteer from Portugal)
Since I have been doing gymnastics myself for years, one of the things I offer the children is gymnastics lessons. When I showed them a split one day, Suelmy was very surprised: “You h
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