The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) is a multilingual, early literacy research and development organisation, affiliated with the University of Cape Town. PRAESA’s work in literacy approaches, curricula, training, materials development and research has meaning making, stories and imagination as its compass point. PRAESA’s aim is to ensure all young children from diverse language, class and cultural backgrounds have appropriate opportunities to become imaginative and critical readers and writers.
“Chairs, chairs for sale” – the golden nugget of the day
In our Storyplay work, we try to create respectful spaces for children to be curious and imaginative learners. We've found this process to be extraordinarily enriching for enabling central aspects of language and literacy learning to emerge. These aspects are often...