Posters, Games and Picture Packs
Posters
Celebrate Our Differences, Celebrate Our Similarities
This poster comprises 56 photographs reflecting the diversity of South Africa's children wearing a variety of fun hats arranged on a patchwork of brightly coloured squares. The poster comes with a sheet of suggested questions for discussion.
ISBN:978-1-875069-40-8
Age: 4 - 9 years
Language: N/A
List Price: R40
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Families Poster
Hand-coloured sepia photographs of sixteen widely differing South African families provide a child with choices with which she/he can identify.
There is a space in the middle for a photograph or drawing of the child's own family. In the classroom situation the teacher might choose to give each pupil a chance to introduce her/his family by rotating the use of the central space on the poster, or even insert a single photograph of the whole class to serve as the focal point.
The word families appear in all our official languages. The poster comes with an informative sheet.
ISBN:978-1-875069-44-6
Age: 4 - 9 years
Language: N/A
List Price: R20
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Games
Snap
Thirty-six children reflecting a wide diversity of South African society make up the game. Each child was photographed wearing one of nine different hats. Snap! is called out when two cards match, not because they are identical but because there is a match between two different children who are wearing the same hat.
ISBN: N/A
Age: 4 - 13 years
Language: N/A
List Price: R45
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Happy Families
For this game we photographed 9 South African families and used their real names. Some families are small, some are large, there are single parent households and families where grandparents are an integral part of the family.
The game challenges bias by presenting varied images of family life and encourages curiosity and discussion amongst children in order to help them accept a more fluid and inclusive definition of what makes up a family.
ISBN: N/A
Age: 4 - 13 years
Language: N/A
List Price: R45
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Picture Packs
There are five picture packs in this series. They are:
- Ikhaya Likhaya (on the theme of houses)
- Malapa (families)
- Vroom Vroom (transport)
- Work (occupations); and finally,
- Speel Speel (early learning and play)
Each picture pack consists of a cover page, ten carefully chosen black- and-white photographs and a booklet in all eleven official languages with tips for teacher on how to use the materials and a selection of possible questions for children on the topic. Our aim is to encourage discussion and the images were specifically chosen with this in mind. They can be used in a multitude of ways from preschool up to high school level and for adult training as well.
ISBN:978-1-875069-38-5
Age: 4 - 13 years
Language: All 11 official languages
List Price: R50 each
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Basic Skills Set
This set of four full-colour posters portrays varied aspects of the early learning skills of writing, reading, counting and speaking. Each skill is represented by a poster comprising 4 photographs with space for 5 labels and a sheet of cut-and-paste labels in all 11 official languages.
A blank label for writing in any other language of the user's choice, is also included. Teachers and trainers can custom-design the poster for the specific language needs of their group. In the photographs anti-bias issues are addressed e.g. the inclusion of children with disabilities and the different ways in which they read and write.
ISBN:978-1-875069-39-2
Age: 4 - 10 years
Language: All 11 official languages
List Price: R50
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Ah-Bekutheni?
A practical pack of 27 sturdy A4 cards printed on both sides and slipped into a plastic sleeve, this multilingual resource features 26 children, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Coupled with each photographed child is a main rhyme in either Xhosa, English or Afrikaans and a whole lot of whacky detailed illustrations that would delight any child. Photographs and printed illustrations, alphabet and rhymes, varying combinations of languages on the page - these cards are truly unique in combining a serious multicultural approach reflecting diversity with a wildly imaginative, humorous side.
There are all sorts of wonderful associations that children will find helping them in developing literacy in their primary language and inviting them to explore.
ISBN:978-1-875069-33-0
Age: 4 - 10 years
Language: English, Xhosa, Afrikaans
List Price: R110
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We All Count!
The aim of We All Count! is to give numeracy learning in the Foundation Phase a human rights slant and to break the artificial barrier between mathematics and real life. The activity set provides opportunites for reading, writing and discussion on a wide range of issues as well as crucial practice in ordering, counting, comparing, sorting, classifying and other number-based operations.
Although the suggestions in this booklet emphasise numeracy, the poster and cards are well suited to the integration of lifeskills and literacy in the curriculum.
The separate parts of We All Count! can be used on their own or in a number of combinations with small or large groups of children for different types of experiences ranging from formal teaching to playing games. The suggested activities for each age group include an increase in number range and level of difficulty. By simplifying certain of the activities, it could also be adapted for use with younger children.
As many of the ideas build on one another, it is necessary for teachers and parents to read the suggestions for the lower levels and higher levels in order to fully understand instructions. Adapting ideas upwards and downwards to suit individual children or your particular group of children is important.
ISBN:978-1-875069-36-1
Age: 4 - 10 years
Language: English
List Price: R150