Blooming is a learning center with an international curriculum that provides our students with multidisciplinary learning, following contemporary methodologies that respond to the new challenges of today’s life in a humanized and creative way so that our children learn to act and transform the world into a more ethical and human place.
Following our conception, we seek to develop the child in an integral way. The basic principle is understanding the child as a learning subject and not as a passive being. With this, all actions must be designed to serve it, which implies rethinking the building construction architecture (physical planning), human resources, adult-child relationship, food, material resources, organization and equipment and the organization of times and environments.
Following our conception, we seek to develop the child holistically. Education with a holistic perspective is concerned with the development of the intellectual, emotional, social, physical, artistic, creative and spiritual potentials of each person:
Communication
Communication, expression of thoughts and feelings associating meaning to words, figures and texts is encouraged and appropriate for each development range. We provide pleasurable and fun experiences to encourage reading. We display stories, puppets and characters to stimulate the imagination thus creating magical moments.
Body in Motion
We work different body movement dynamics so that the child can build their own perception and recognize their possibilities and limitations. Through games, circuits, physical exercises and playground activities our students learn the pleasure and importance of exercising and having fun at the same time.
Logical Reasoning
For the initial years (1 to 5 years), we worked on the notion of numbers, sequences and orderings and started simple calculations. We encourage the organization of thought through games and educational challenges, the development of analytical skills and the formulation of hypotheses through the development of appropriate projects for each age group.
Arts
The arts include the development of creative, verbal and nonverbal skills, expression, awareness of the perspectives of others and aesthetic and harmonic appreciation. They allow students to communicate in powerful ways that go beyond language skills. Through the visual arts, we encourage students to build an understanding of their community, their environment, their own feelings and emotions and develop their culture. Through music and auditory perception, we work on the notion of how to express oneself with voice and instruments. With visual arts we help children to explore their sensory perception through the use of various subjects and techniques, contributing to their cognitive development.
Global Education - English as a Lingua Franca
Studies on language development show that when young children have more exposure to all languages at an early age, this actually gives them a distinct academic advantage throughout life. Children who learn their first words of second language at the age of 5 can benefit from the two-language curriculum. To learn is to learn. The more children can take advantage of new concepts, the more tuned their brains will be to all lifelong learning. Our classes are all in English, with the exception of a few extra classes and Portuguese classes, so that our students can be literate in both languages – English and Portuguese.
Ecology and Sustainability
Children interact with the natural environment through our vegetable garden and plants. This allows contact with the earth, collecting food and observing the growth of plants. Through sustainability classes, they understand the impact of their actions on the environment and on the society they are inserted. They learn to take care of the planet consciously so that future generations can also enjoy all the beauty and possibilities that are available today to all of us.
Cognitive Development
A child's learning depends on communication skills, such as being able to understand what another person is saying, in addition to thinking, responding to and interacting with others in a range of verbal and nonverbal ways. All areas of the curriculum in early childhood education and school contexts involve some form of language or communication. We work for the consistent development of language for the inclusion of more complex later competencies, such as reading comprehension.
Sociocultural Understanding
Learning to use different modes of language and communication helps children learn about their own culture and the cultures of others. Interactions at home and in educational environments allow children to learn the system of symbols related to their particular languages and cultures, but also develop skills on how to use these skills effectively and respectfully in a variety of social and cultural situations. We encourage children to know the differences between cultures and respect and accept differences through the presentation of stories, participation in projects and other activities.
