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Looking for Portuguese Classes in Floripa?

Posted by Dan Madera On October - 23 - 2010

The Language Club

If you are new to Floripa or to Brazil, you may be looking for a pleasant place to learn Portuguese. Located in the heart of Lagoa da Conceição, The Language Club is a well-established language school with over eighteen years in the business, with many, many happy students from all over the world. Not only does The Language Club (or TLC) offer excellent Portuguese language instruction, but the school also provides the documents necessary for obtaining a student visa.  And if you need it, TLC offers foreign visitors that extra tender loving care: they can find a place for you to stay and even help negotiate your rental contract in the process. Read the rest of this entry »

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Are you worried about your kid’s English?

Posted by Lisa Maria Madera On September - 24 - 2009
logo_sarapiqua_escritos_em_baixoSo you’ve moved to Brazil in part because you want your kids to experience the richness of another culture and master a second or third language.  But now you worry as your childrens’ reading and writing abilities in English begin to lag behind.  It can keep you up nights…. all that worrying.  What if after all your investment in helping your child integrate into Brazilian culture and speak Portuguese, what if your child fails to learn to read or write in English?  What if–despite all your financial and cultural resources, despite your illuminated global perspective–what if yourchild is illiterate in his or her mother tongue?  

For all you worriers out there– good news! 

This month Escola Sarapiquá is launching an afternoon pilot English literacy program for native English speaking kids.  Taught by Silvana Gili, a specialist in bi-lingual literacy and experienced teacher in early education the classes will be held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Casa Amarela: The Tranquil Way to Learn

Posted by Dan Madera On September - 23 - 2009
Shortly after moving to Florianópolis in 2003, we enrolled our daughter Ariela in Casa Amarela. She was three.  We had the good luck of arriving at the Possada de Capitão in Novo Campeche, a place where so many new arrivals seem to start out.  It was Leah, the owner of the possada, who recommended Casa Amarela.  Her son was enrolled there and she recommended it highly.  Naturally, we were nervous about this first big leap into our new lives in Brazil.  Like all parents we wanted the best for our daughter, but we were uncertain about what sort of education the island could offer us.  What we hoped to find was a school that fostered a strong connection to nature, had a strong emphasis on organic, whole foods, and was in touch with the simple rhythms of childhood and children.  We were thrilled to discover that Casa Amarela offered all these things and a warm community of families besides. Read the rest of this entry »
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