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Pedagogical Approach


Cucú is an educational project based on the pedagogy of connection:

Who are you? What do you need?

(YOU)

We believe that the base of autonomy is the connection a child has with his/her caregiver, made possible through quality daily care. 
We understand these moments of caring (changing diaper, offering food, accompanying sleeping...) as moments of intimacy between the child and his/her educator, since they are reserved exclusively for him/her.


For us, the Art of Education is based in respectful caregiving. It consists of building a solid relationship with the young child and offering him/her our “shelter", while allowing them to discover the world autonomously, in order to find themselves.


The small ratio (maximum 6 children per educator) enables us to provide our sensitive attention towards each child, because only when they possess emotional security can they devote themselves fully to the task of exploring. 


We really trust in each child's inner abilities.


Our goal is to cultivate, with an open perspective, educational experiences based on respectful caregiving, where boundaries are necessary and where the daily rhythm is outlined with expansive and contractive movements, trusting in a child's capacity of self-regulation.


We believe that learning is something that comes from within, as an inner need that seeks fulfilment organically. Our mission is to make this desire flourish in a serene and harmonious environment, without any demands.

In particular, our approach is is nourished by the Pikler and Waldorf vision, because we consider autonomous play the cornerstone of this project: the infrastructure of true autonomy and the opportunity to learn to relate to others, expressing and managing their emotions. For us educators it is important to understand the child through their free play and responses - their growth needs that manifest themselves here.


We find it essential to perform domestic tasks such as watering plants, cleaning a space, sweeping and picking up because we are aware that adults must be a model for children to observe and imitate.

The concept of invitations and play scenarios is inspired by the educational experience of Reggio Emilia, which considers the environment as the "third teacher", connected to art and nature, and prepared with care and aesthetic sensibility.

We contextualize Maria Montessori's work in relation to practical life, valuing more “real" experiences grounded in the child's daily life, instead of applying her method or using her materials directly.


We are committed to a pedagogy of everyday life:

without haste and with common sense, where the ordinary can be extraordinary.


we don´t want to do anything just to do something;
we do what we do because it makes sense to the child.


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