Thursday at 3 p.m., it’s Lemon heater at the Domitys residence in Villiers-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne). In the living room, about twenty residents solicit their visual memory around a game, projected on a screen. Anxious to reach out to isolated people, the facilitator, Alexis, strives to offer activities that appeal to everyone. Not easy given the diversity […]
Create a “public early childhood service” for families? The idea appears in the program of candidates for the presidential election of all stripes: Emmanuel Macron, Valérie Pécresse, Anne Hidalgo, Yannick Jadot or even Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Although not yet detailed at this stage, the project would consist of guaranteeing each family the possibility of obtaining childcare […]
Some children write to Santa Claus or their imaginary friend. My seven-year-old daughter maintains an assiduous correspondence with the little mouse. Do not laugh. The word was slipped under the pillow, accompanied by a plea with a slightly punk spelling, but with a courtesy, a candor to melt the most uncompromising of readers: “Little mouse […]
Grandchildren explained to grandparents (1): this title could be read in both directions because this little book is aimed as much at the second as at the first, from the angle of anthropology. → TESTIMONIALS. Summer 2020, the reunion holidays with the grandparents It is therefore not just one more title on the relations between […]
The cross : How does a child become bilingual? Ranka Bijeljac-Babic: A child becomes bilingual because he is imbued with two languages in his daily environment. There are several scenarios: parents can speak the same language or each speak a different language. The child can learn one language at home and another outside. However, not […]
The most greedy of our grandsons is only ten years old, but in his head, the dream becomes clear: later, he will open a restaurant. The ideal would be to install the establishment at mum and dad but, I do not know for what reason, that does not suit. So it will be with us, […]
La Croix: The documentary “Little Girl” by Sébastien Lifshitz features Sasha, born a boy and aged 7, who does not feel in harmony with her biological sex. She aspires to live like a girl and to be recognized as such. How do you perceive this film? Daniel Marcelli : Beyond its documentary aspect, it is […]
The great concert of nature and its endless spectacle have never ceased to inspire composers. And it is from this repertoire that the educational platform Lumni and France Musique have drawn on to constitute a “Faunothèque” as playful as it is instructive. Aimed at children and not only, this series of twelve five-minute shows was […]