Bd sport active Saturday lesson ...

Sibylle and Beat asked me to teach the Bd sport active group of children on Saturday morning, as the local teacher was not in.

I was also asked to use the principle - "Do not do unto others as you would not have them do unto you" as a starting point for the lesson, which I did, having  had them write and spell the Simple Present tense of the verb -  to do (which in the Portuguese Language is not at all easy, as it changes all the forms).

 Having finished  that first task and after further discussing the meaning of that principle and its various implications, they were requested to think of situations they would not like to see themselves in, as in accordance with that same principle and try to draw some of those on 3 big  sheets of cardboard paper (groups of 4/5 children per cardboard).

The final result was amazing ... and by looking at the sketches of children throwing stones at each other or pulling one's hair, we all concluded they had clearly understood what the whole thing was about. I just wished adults were to think about this principle and apply it on everyday life ...

Bd sport active is committed to helping these children not exclusively in football techniques and game strategies, but also in terms of academic and behavioural development. Beat's  excellent work and involvement must be praised and recognised, as it aims at what we expect "our children" to become.

The house Beat lives in (Left)








                                                                                           Beat with Erica (Right)


Note: Beat Clerc has moved from Switzerland into Calheta, having recently been given a residence permit, together with having adapted the house he lives in, so as to have a "study room" for the children.
For further information on Bd sport active, as association, as well as its main goals refer to:
http://bdsportactive.ch/