This paper discusses the connections between childhood and education, having the short story called O rio das quatro luzes, by Mia Couto, as its starting point. By considering two conceptual characters, the Father and the Grandfather, some issues related to time and its link to childhood have been presented. Education and its relationship with childhood have also been focused, in search of new compositions that lead us to think about Education through practices that don't merely seek code deciphering, but also instigate thinking, based on the creation of agencies, by not only saying 'yes' to life but also by multiplying the forms of existence.
Childhood; Time; Education