Welcome to day 24 of our May #ShonaChallenge!Today we are learning nyaudzosingwi or ideophones in Shona language.We hope you are starting to get better at hearing what it sounds like when someone is speaking in Shona now. Today’s video is great because it adds that extra oomph! to the Shona language. Gogo Alice gives you… Continue reading Day Twenty Four Shona Challenge – Nyaudzosingwi
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Day Twenty Three Shona Challenge – Tsumo
Ngatidzidzirei tsumo dze ChiShona. It’s day 23 of the #ShonaChallenge! And today we are learning some idioms in Shona.Idioms are known as tsumo in Shona.Gosh the month is flying by isn’t it? How many of these tsumo did you know? We’re so grateful that you’ve been taking part in the Shona challenge with us. Don’t… Continue reading Day Twenty Three Shona Challenge – Tsumo
Energy transfer for kids
Today we are explaining energy transfer for kids using marbles. These are just some of our fun marble experiments for kids that prove a hit over and over again.As always make sure you supervise children whenever you are conducting activities like this. Ano and Vongai both love these experiments. Can you guess what will happen… Continue reading Energy transfer for kids
Day Twenty One Shona Challenge – Zimbabwean celebrities
It’s day 21 of the #ShonaChallenge!Today we are going to be learning about 2 Zimbabwean celebrities. The first one is Tawanda Kanhema. Gogo Alice tells us about the work that he did helping map places in Zimbabwe for Google Maps. He’s one of our role models, and we are so proud of the work he… Continue reading Day Twenty One Shona Challenge – Zimbabwean celebrities
Day Twenty Shona Challenge – months of the year in Shona
It’s day 20 of our #ShonaChallenge and we are going to learn the months of the year in the Shona language.We’ve got some handy songs from Ano and Gogo Alice. Try singing along with us. We’ve put some handy subtitles in Shona for the grownups and older kids who can read. We’re so grateful that… Continue reading Day Twenty Shona Challenge – months of the year in Shona
Day Nineteen Shona Challenge – water
Water water is good for us! Welcome to day 19 of our #ShonaChallenge! We hope by now you are starting to recognise what the Shona language sounds like? Maybe you are also trying out some words every day. We hope so, because we are doing just that every single day. We are so lucky to… Continue reading Day Nineteen Shona Challenge – water
Day Seventeen Shona Challenge – the weekend
Welcome to day 17 of our #ShonaChallenge where you will describe your weekend!Are you enjoy speaking Shona with us? We love speaking to you and learning Shona basics every day.Today Gogo Alice is going to tell you a little bit about what she did at the weekend. Did you guess what Gogo enjoys doing?It’s okay… Continue reading Day Seventeen Shona Challenge – the weekend
Day Sixteen Shona Challenge – Read out loud in Shona
Time to read out loud in Shona! Welcome to day 15 of our #ShonaChallenge!We hope you’re having a good weekend wherever you are. Today Gogo Alice is going to read you something in Shona. Reading is something you are going to be learning when you get older. And we just love to hear Gogo speaking… Continue reading Day Sixteen Shona Challenge – Read out loud in Shona
Learning about rolling friction with marbles
We love learning about rolling friction with marbles! How much fun can you have with marbles you wonder?Lots and lots!Want to learn what friction can be reduced by?Looking for a rolling friction experiment which is just right for kids science? Ano was curious about marbles so we got some and decided to put them to… Continue reading Learning about rolling friction with marbles
Day Fifteen Shona Challenge – Read out loud in Shona
Time to read out loud in Shona! Welcome to day 15 of our #ShonaChallenge!We hope you’re having a good weekend wherever you are. Today Gogo Alice is going to read you something in Shona. Reading is something you are going to be learning when you get older. And we just love to hear Gogo speaking… Continue reading Day Fifteen Shona Challenge – Read out loud in Shona
