Ndamona is almost two years old!

Ndamona Reading "Baby's 1st Kiswahili Book"

Ndamona is 23 months old now. She's looking forward to her 2nd B-day. Children grow so fast. It was just like yesterday when she turned 1. Much has changed since I posted updates about her. She can dress herself, and feed herself. She is such an independent girl. If she ask for help, she'll tell you "thank you." She thinks she's grown. A couple days ago, she picked up a toy, and started pretending like she was talking to her aunt (Nyanya) on the phone. This is common for a 1 1/2 yrs old child, then she said, "Nyanya, did you call me" I couldn't believe it! Her favorite words are: Hi mommy... Done eating food, or done doing whatever she was doing. Drink please, Every time she wakes up, she'll say hi to everyone in the house, hi Bebe, hi daddy, hi mommy. She can count from one to ten in both English and Oshiwambo, Berhane is teaching her how to count from 10-20, and she is enjoying it. Favorite movies, Dora, Elmo, Scooby Doo (She even knows the characters by names). She loves to sing too. Her favorite songs: Rain rain go away, Yimwe mbali ndatu (a song and poem I created), Itsy bitsy spider... and much more. Favorite food, yogurt, bananas, oranges, strawberries, cheese, doughnut, grapes rice, meat, greens (in a nutshell, she loves variety of food). Favorite things to do: Playing blocks, reading books, bath time, T.V, walking outside and much more.

Berhane went on a school trip!

On the way to school

At school

Here you are giraffe. Feeding the giraffe is fun!

Oops, I didn't like that feel.

At the Giraffe center

Now tell me how did six children shared a bench that can fit three children? Good job. Children are good at sharing!

After the Giraffe center.

Novel Wrtiten on Cell Phone by a 15 years old!

When we talked about elearning via cellphone last year in class, it was hard to imagine. This teen has shown us a light. Yes we can develop elearning over the cell phone. Read this amazing article about the teen in Japan who wrote a novel with her thumb!

Novels Now Written on Cell Phones

Novel Idea: Cell-Phone Books

by Claudine Zap

Apologies to Tolstoy, but one of the biggest novelists these days is a 15-year-old in Japan who wrote a book from her cell phone using her thumbs. Really.

The new type of storytelling is called "keitai" — cell-phone novels. Aimed squarely at those who can't be parted from their mobiles, teens — mostly young women readers and writers — have turned the cell-phone story into the must-read phone book.

According to a story in the Los Angeles Times, the way it works is writers keep to a cell-screen-friendly 1,000-character limit per page and upload from their phones to publishing websites, then get instant feedback on plot twists and helpful fixes on typos. With a million cell-phone books and 6 million users, fans are giving the new craze a ringing endorsement. Find other books for cell phones.

The Jane Austen of the text-u-scripts is a 15-year-old who goes by the handle Bunny. Her three-volume book "Wolf Boy x Natural Girl" got its start on cell screens but ended up in print. She has sold a whopping 110,000 books so far and raked in over $600,000 in sales. Not bad for a first-time author who hasn't even taken her high-school entrance exams. The Harlequin-style romance that reads more like notes passed in class has embarrassed the author enough that she continues to go by her alias.

No offense, but you can see why when you read some typical lines: "Miku was in a pink one-piece dress, wearing white heels. She looks mature because her hair is lightly curled. She's looking straight at me. It's hard to keep my cool when she's looking at me like that."

The mobile-book trend actually took off last decade through an older author who wrote a serious story called "Deep Love," about a woman who sells herself to pay for her boyfriend's surgery, then ends up dying from AIDS. Seriously, people read that on their cell phones? Well, not any more. The economic downturn has been good for mobile books that are more escapist than edgy. Well, we can't all be Tolstoy.

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Berhane at the football field!

Berhane joined a football team last Saturday! It was nice to see Berhane playing, and learning new skills from the professionals. At the moment he's the baby of the team. Other children are between 6-9 years. We're expecting about five more children to complete the young team. Daddy traveled with work, thus it was hard to keep up with Ndamona and the team. Ndamona could not understand why Berhane is allowed to go and play ball with other kids while she stays with mommy. I explaining to her, that we're here to watch Berhane practice. He really had fun!

Baby's 1st Kiswahili Book is now available for sale!

Take a look at our new product. Baby's 1st Kiswahili Book. Now available @ Text Book Center, and Silverbird Kenya in westlands. It will be available online soon. If you need a copy, but live outside Nairobi, ps send us an email at:info@yambekachildren.com. To learn more about the product, please visit us at: Yambeka Children website. We're still developing the website.

Quality control at the printing house!

2010 a year for change!

Wow, 2010 is finally here, and I'm ready to embrace it. This year I'll dedicate it to me, me, me. I'll have to find time for me every week. I'll need time to meditate, and time to develop goals, and objectives. What are my new years resolutions? I have a million of things I want to accomplish this year, but I'll only share a few with you: 1. Be organized, keep everything in order/files 2. Launch Yambeka Children 3. Graduate from school 4. Find time for me 5. Spend good time with family 6. Help 5 people achieve their goals 7. focus on positivity 8. Read positive books everyday 9. Write all my goals on paper, put deadlines, and details. I wish all my friends and blog readers a blessed and productive 2010!

Animals/Wanyama

Learning Kiswahili is Fun, "Animals/Wanyama" is created for babies and toddlers to introduce animals in a bright and fun way; ensuring babies are learning and engaged. Many thanks to the people who contributed to this book. Yambeka Children is created by a mom to promote African languages and tales. Copyright 2010 Yambeka Children! All rights reserved

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