These three South African children hear Sesotho at home, speak Sepedi with their friends and get their instruction in English at school. Could innovative language-based apps have a positive effect on children’s proficiency in multiple languages? We would like to find out…
Pages 77-83 of the Child Gauge 2017 (published by the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town) contains an essay identifying learning to read as a national priority and a critical foundation for formal education. “The essay outlines the causes of South Africa’s poor reading outcomes and identifies eight interventions that have the potential to enhance reading outcomes in the foundation phase.”…
Te danke aan skenkings van twee befondsers het Leap to Know ’n geletterdheidsprogram in Afrikaans ontwikkel wat ons by sowat nege skole in die Wes-Kaap gratis kon implementeer. Hierdie skole het reeds voorheen Android tablette met die Leap to Know Skoolgereedheid program aangeskaf. Leerders was dus reeds bekend met Kwakie en die uitdagings van werk…
The Leap to Know software application testing and video recording of children will be done at Ya Bana Village. Read more about Ya Bana at www.yabana.co.za.
We have just returned from a field testing trip in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Read about her experiences under our Field testing tab.
Leap to Know is excited about piloting the first phase of our tablet-based program at Brooklyn Primary School. Each Grade-1 class represents at least 10 different home languages – ranging from Sepedi and Zulu to Indonesian. Would the Leap to Know intervention impact significantly on Grade-1 learners who do not speak English at home? Millions…
Congratulations to all winners in the EdTechXGlobal Startup Awards. According to Benjamin Vedrenne-Cloquet, Co-founder of EdTechXGlobal, “participation for this year’s awards was the highest yet with 182 applications from 30 countries showcasing the best and brightest companies in the global learning industry. The winners were chosen for innovation, market impact and growth potential of their…