Babylonstoren’s greatest trump card? It doesn’t feel like a hotel. You reach it by driving off the dusty Cape roads through vines and fruit trees. Tractors trundle by, laden with grapes and peaches. The restaurant is in an old cowshed. Ducks waddle past. A donkey puts out its nose for children to pat. It’s a place where you instantly feel at home (albeit one surrounded by the towering Simonsberg Mountains, rolling vineyards, and miles of fragrant indigenous fynbos shrubland). This is in large part because the 500-acre 17th-century Cape Dutch estate is still an actual home – belonging to Karen…
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A policy brief from the Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy finds that despite requirements under federal civil rights law to overcome language barriers, the country’s major early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs often fail to require collection of relevant data and/or adopt accountability measures that would allow them to ensure meaningful and equitable access to services for DLL children and their families. The brief is accompanied by a series of fact sheets that offer data profiles of DLLs and their families in the 25 states with the largest DLL populations. The fact sheets offer data…
Christmas is around the corner and you can’t wait to be the secret Santa who gifts your loved ones. While the delicious cakes and cookies are surely the best part of Christmas, why not give your children books this year? As J.K. Rowling says “If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book”. We have curated a list of ideal books for your child this Christmas. Be the Santa for your kids and give them a present they will cherish. The Land Beyond The Moon by Merlinwand-If your kid isn’t much of a reader, start off with this…
ASTANA – Canada’s Maple Bear franchise is set to open its first kindergarten in Central Asia in January next year in the Kazakh capital. It will deliver a globally acclaimed early childhood curriculum for children aged four to six, said the Principal of Maple Bear Astana, Dr. Cem Hur, during the school presentation on Dec. 14. Maple Bear Astana will open its doors in January 2023. Photo credit: Maple Bear Astana The Maple Bear brand is known worldwide as the most prominent and fastest-growing education franchise and as the world leader in bilingual education. It is present in 35 countries…
….. Amidst the Biden-Africa Summit — 195 Years Later Dr. Artemus W. Gaye In 1788, Africa was indeed entering the second century of the effect of the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade, when an African prince, Abdul Rahman of Fulani heritage, and some of his men were captured on a battlefront at a frontier, dragged to the Gambia, and placed at the hole of the Slave ship, The Africa. A 6000 miles journey to slavery, ended in Washington, Mississippi, just five minutes, from the Spanish town of Natchez, on the Mississippi River, where he and his closest aide, Samba were sold…
Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb Soliman, Head of NBA AfricaNBA Africa NBA Africa named Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb Soliman as Vice President and Head of NBA Egypt on December 13th, and announced a new office in Cairo, which will mark the fourth office on the continent of Africa. The league’s efforts in Africa, including introducing the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2021, could open the door for more interest in the sport moving forward, as well as more talent production from Africa. NBA Africa CEO Victor Williams echoes that sentiment. “The launch of our fourth African office in Cairo reflects our belief in the enormous…
Comment on this storyCommentIt’s been more than a month since Laura Harshberger, a senior production editor at HarperCollins, stopped producing children’s books and went on strike with more than 200 colleagues in New York City.“We are not striking against our job, but for our jobs,” she told The Washington Post. “We want to work for HarperCollins, but we want to work for them with dignity, respect and fair wages.”The striking workers who are from editorial, sales, publicity, design, legal and marketing departments have three demands: HarperCollins should raise the minimum starting salary from $45,000 to $50,000; the company should address…
Former South African captain Faf du Plessis has accused Steve Smith of “milking” his infamous on-field contact with Proteas paceman Kagiso Rabada, which dominated headlines in 2018.Before the Test series became embroiled in a ball-tampering saga, Rabada found himself in hot water for his post-wicket celebration after dismissing Smith in the second Test at St George’s Park.Watch Australia v South Africa. Every test match live and ad-break in play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free trial now >After trapping Smith on the pads for 25 in Port Elizabeth, Rabada roared in the Australian captain’s direction before the pair…
DENVER – The City of Denver announced Wednesday it will open a second emergency shelter as migrants from Central and South America continue to arrive to the Mile High City.The city opened its first emergency shelter for migrants at an undisclosed recreation center on Dec. 6 and as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, that shelter was housing 271 Spanish-speaking people, with 62 others being housed at area churches.The second shelter will also be activated at another, undisclosed recreation center, officials said.Additionally, the city has designated a third recreation center to serve as a reception center for newly arriving migrants, where people…
Deakin University researchers will develop an app to support children’s mental health by giving their parents the tools to tackle challenging daily moments.Mental disorders affect almost half of Australian adults over their lifetime – and an even higher proportion of Indigenous Australians.The Daily Growth app radically reimagines mental health prevention. It will offer evidence-based parenting support that is targeted to specific situations parents of children aged two to four have recently encountered.Daily Growth will personalise support, offering a combination of three types of parenting advice to cater for different parents including First Nations perspectives of earth connection and reciprocity developed…