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Getting reading right
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.”…
Indigenous-language storybooks made available in Afrikaans
Leap to Know has recently contributed to a Room to Read initiative by sponsoring the translation of 20 indigenous-language storybooks in Afrikaans. Each storybook originated in Sepedi, siSwati, Xitsonga, Tshivenda or isiZulu. Translations in all these languages followed, and soon also translations in English, IsiXhosa, IsiNdebele, Sesotho and Setswana. Prior to Leap to Know’s intervention, these…
Ya Bana Village
ByAmin2The 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.
Tanzania field trip
ByAmin2We have just returned from a field testing trip in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Read about her experiences under our Field testing tab.
Technology as a learning tool during the Covid-19 pandemic
The South African educational sector currently faces multiple challenges. At Leap to Know we do all we can to stay informed of the impact of Covid-19 and Lockdown on our children. Dr Zahraa McDonald, a South African researcher, warns that the gap between the rich and the poor is expanding at an alarming rate because…
The global learning crisis — and what to do about it
This TED talk contains many ideas worth spreading, especially in South African where studies have shown 58% of Grade-4-learners in South African cannot read: https://www.ted.com/talks/amel_karboul_the_global_learning_crisis_and_what_to_do_about_it?utm_campaign=tedspread–b&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare