Breaking the Cycle

Breaking the Cycle

People often ask me why we started first our trilingual preschool, and then later ZuluMites – and while I could list a page full of the reasons, top of that list would undoubtedly be for our own children. It’s the gift I wanted to give my own kids. I really want my...
Helping schools with second-language kids

Helping schools with second-language kids

We’ve assisted MANY Preschools and private Primary Schools over the years – with strategies and resources, teachers and training – that aimed to make their classrooms more effective and fun when it comes to teaching and learning Zulu. Our experiences...
Benefits of Family Learning

Benefits of Family Learning

Families are a wondrous thing – they are all unique, a safe space for growing and experiencing life’s major lessons, full of love, forgiveness and the chaos of life, and littered with special moments of real connection and joy. I sincerely believe that families, not...
Conversational? Really?

Conversational? Really?

“I just want to be conversational” is a phrase we hear a lot when it comes to language learning. The just in this sentence implies that to get conversational is easy, and requires a shorter time commitment. But I want you to know there is no logic to this statement,...
How Parents can assist with isiZulu Learning

How Parents can assist with isiZulu Learning

Motivation for learning any language and specifically isiZulu is unique to every family; but in the South African context, we can all agree on the vast social, cultural, historical and practical benefits to speaking this language. isiZulu is spoken by more than 20% of...