Month: January 2020

Let’s sing Kachembere Kegudo with Kayla and Khloe

Can you sing Kachembere Kegudo? This is a popular kids song from Zimbabwe that you will hear being sung with glee. Look out for the ending! That’s our favourite part too. Thank you Kayla Khloe and Kai for taking one of our kids challenges and singing “Kachembere kegudo” for us!You did a great job and… Continue reading Let’s sing Kachembere Kegudo with Kayla and Khloe

Learning colours with Sarura Kids

Ano is loving pretend play lately! She loves toys and colours, and lately we are trying to learn about colours in different ways. There are so many fun things to discover and she loves every moment of it!Today we pulled out one of her favourite party in a box sets – a Play doh 45… Continue reading Learning colours with Sarura Kids

Chinese New Year 2020 celebrations in Aberdeen

This year Chinese New Year was on Saturday the 25th of January 2020. Every single year it falls on a different date. Chinese New Year lasts about 23 days. Each Chinese New Year has a different animal each year. 2020 is the year of the rat.The Confucius Institute in Aberdeen Scotland hosts some wonderful celebrations… Continue reading Chinese New Year 2020 celebrations in Aberdeen

Ngano dze ChiShona – Hawundikunde iwe Mvuu

Mvuu means Hippo in Shona. Sit down childrenListen to this little story from Zimbabwe with Gogo Alice.Learn why Rabbit does not get along with Hippo, Elephant, and Lion.Our little story called “Hawundikunde iwe Mvuu” is a fun family-friendly one that you can all listen to and learn Shona language as you do.Shona stories re often… Continue reading Ngano dze ChiShona – Hawundikunde iwe Mvuu

Gardening in Zimbabwe

Today we are going to watch someone gardening in Zimbabwe. It is very simple and easy to do with a grownup.Tafadzwa is doing a job to help his mother in Zimbabwe. He is gardening and removing the grass from the flowerbed.Keeping the bedding clean and free of grass helps the flowers to grow strong and… Continue reading Gardening in Zimbabwe

Days months and seasons in Shona

Let’s learn how to say the different days, months and seasons in Shona with Sarura Kids. Nhasi tiri kudzidzira mazuva, mwedzi nemwaka yegore. Today in our learning Shona class we will practise saying the names of days, months, and seasons of the year. Gogo Alice gives you a handy guide to surviving the Zimbabwean terrain… Continue reading Days months and seasons in Shona

Mwana wenyu achema akoma – Shona lullaby

Mwana wenyu achema akoma is more popularly known as hwe hu hwe nyarara nhanha.Nhanha means baby, and even if one does not know the lyrics of the song this is a very popular shona lullaby from Zimbabwe. Shona lullabies are not necessarily to be directly interpreted.This poem is as much an observation of life and… Continue reading Mwana wenyu achema akoma – Shona lullaby

Head shoulders knees and toes in Shona

Musoro mapfudzi mabvi minweHead shoulders knees and toesA fun version of one of the classic kids songs you know and love so well!Have fun learning about body parts and singing along to them. But now with a Zimbabwe flair! Baby songs have never been so much fun. So whether preschool or at school the kids… Continue reading Head shoulders knees and toes in Shona

Amina Kadeya with Kayla and Khloe

Amina KadeyaToday’s kids challenge is a classic for anyone who grew up in Zimbabwe! This was kindly filmed in Harare by Kayla and Khloe’s mom. They want to learn Shona with you too.As familiar and as Zimbabwean as sadza itself is.But who can actually translate Amina Kadeya?We all seem to have picked up the same… Continue reading Amina Kadeya with Kayla and Khloe