Wanyama/Animals: Learning Swahili is Fun! - Couverture souple

Itenge-Wheeler, Helvi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1453610693 ISBN 13 : 9781453610695

Editeur : Createspace Independent Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Wanyama/Animals is a remarkable bilingual picture book using names of common animals in Swahili and English. Bonus! Learning numbers 1-20 in Swahili and English and interesting facts about animals + 2 fun puzzles.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Yambeka Children was founded in Columbus Ohio (USA) by Helvi Itenge-Wheeler a Namibian American who moved to the United States in 2001 to complete her higher education. Yambeka is a term which literally means " Blessed " in the Oshiwambo language, spoken by the Ovambo people in the southern African country of Namibia. Yambeka Children was created to promote African literature, languages, tales, and folklore. While in the America, Helvi found it challenging to educate her children in her native language Oshiwambo because she could not find children's books written in her original language. Determined to teach her children Oshiwambo, she began to create her own babies and toddlers books using tools available from her own resources. In July 2009, Helvi arrived in Nairobi, Kenya with her family as a result of her husband volunteering with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). She was excited to learn and teach her children Swahili. However, after visiting a number of books stores, she was disappointed to discover that she could not locate babies or toddler's Swahili/English book in the stores. As a result of this challenge, and after consulting with several native Swahili speakers, Helvi decided to embark on creating a fun easy to read book that identifies objects, animals, and nature in both the Swahili and English language. Combining colorful and vibrant pictures that are sure to excite and provoke learning activities from children, " Baby's 1st Kiswahili Book " was developed! Helvi believes that reading to children is important. She has found numerous educational studies that demonstrate that when parents read to their children at an early age, the child is more receptive to reading. Helvi is married and a mother of two young children. She completed her Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology from Wilberforce University in Ohio (USA) and thereafter a Masters Degree in Education with a concentration in E-Learning, at the University of Illinois (USA).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Createspace Independent Pub
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: swahili
• ISBN 10: 1453610693
• ISBN 13: 9781453610695
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 26
• Éditeur: Mbaabu L, Keya A
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible