Children aged 1-3 are the audience of a series of concerts taking place at Orpheum starting in November ’12 and with dates in 2013 as well.
As far as I know, these are the only concerts for such a young audience here in Graz.
Don’t miss the chance and enjoy the music with your baby. Click here for the program.
Somehow I didn’t want to believe it – the weather forecast was right! It’s SNOWING already.
October was so beautiful and sunny, with some cool days but still felt like Autumn.
Well today it’s Winter, I’m telling you! Temperatures are between 2 to 4 degrees Celsius…
I am posting this photo for my friends and blogging fellows in Singapore. Hope you like it!
I am hoping this Winter is not going to be full of dark foggy days though. Those days depress me.
But I am looking forward to having fun in the snow with my son! That is gonna be cool.
What a lovely idea. The Kinderatelier Vasata in Graz started a project especially meant for children and teenagers. The atelier is a place where kids can give their creativity room and space without being subject to pressure or competitive thinking. However, Vasata is a European project and it’s not just located in Graz/Austria but also in other places in Switzerland, Greece and Germany.
Through the arts work, the little artists build on their self-esteem. It is not important to be the best! It is important to feel welcome and accepted and to have a place where they can concentrate on the creative process alone.
This process of concentrating on their artworks alone without any negative feelings from the outside can also support the young artists in dealing with any issues that might be stressing them.
In our ever changing and incredibly fast world where children often need to “function” without being left with room for their own interests and moods, I believe this kind of offer is very meaningful. I will surely check it out!
For all details you can visit the website: www.kinderatelier-vasata.eu or find them on Facebook!
Last week’s “Quick Tip: Be the Perfect Guest” has inspired me to write this post. It’s about a subject that has been on my mind for long and I finally managed to hit “publish”.
For those who haven’t read the Quick Tip, this is about comment moderation on blogs and some tactics on how to engage with your readers and promote thoughtful conversation. The article really made me laugh as it approaches the most common maleure suffered by many of us poor bloggers: when ONLY your MOTHER writes comments to your posts! Yep, I too know this problem and although I appreciate ALL comments, I sometimes wish there was more conversation going on besides “Oh dear, I didn’t know you felt that way! But tell me, are you coming home for Christmas?”. This said, I suppose many other bloggers know what I mean…
Most of the times after I hit “publish”, I am fully aware that I am doing it for myself. I started blogging because I have always loved reading and writing. I studied to become a teacher of foreign languages and I am addicted to blog reading. So my primary need for food for thought is already pleased just by reading stuff like “Freshly Pressed” and many other great blogs. I love it, it’s my thing, let it go. Even if it keeps me awake at night when I should be getting more sleep.
But the truth is, bloggers HEART comments! We do! Reading your comments is one of the highlights of the day 🙂 It’s like an additional bonus to all the rewards of blogging and what it does to you on the psychological level. It’s the cream on top of your cupcake. It’s the flowers on your birthday. It’s the smile on a stranger’s face when you walk past them on the street. So YES, I will blog for comments and I am not afraid to say so. 🙂
By the way, congratulations to Michelle W. who wrote the Quick Tip and was rewarded with 170 great comments! Some more creative than others like “Great post, I agree!” (just kidding) but ALL sent on one common ground:
WE ALL BLOG FOR COMMENTS.
Thanks mom for all the previous comments and thanks Pilar who always visits me and offers me kind comments! All others must be just voices in my head…
Happy for having a friend
Although I am not using the new & cool gallery here, I just felt like I hap to post this very recent photo of my son, who was so happy to be playing with his friend. A real boy’s friendship, I can tell you that. It is heart warming to see them together and to awe at children’s ability to deal with whatever comes their way. They even negotiate about who gets Lightening MacQueen 😉
This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge is themed HAPPY and I am using the new and beautiful circular gallery style – really cool, thank you wordpress!
This is my Happy in California gallery. Those were really happy times last year! I miss them.
Hope you like them too.
Beira de Mar is the name of a capoeira school in Graz. The roots of this school are in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Since 2006 the Brazilian Professor Nico is living in Austria and teaching the amazing art of capoeira.
For the older kids there are trainings on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8 pm.
Location: Primary School Ferdinandeum
Färbergasse 11, 8020 Graz
Check out their website if you are interested: www.capoeira-graz.at.
