Umbono wokuthi ukufunda kusukela esemncane kungavusa intshiseko yokufunda wamukelwa kabanzi. Ubufakazi bubonisile ukuthi imfundo yezingane isencane ingaba nomthelela omkhulu futhi ohlala njalo ku-IQ yezingane, impumelelo ezifundweni, kanye nempumelelo yezomnotho. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ubuchopho bomntwana bukhula ngokushesha eminyakeni emihlanu yokuqala yokuphila, okwenza bukwazi ukusabela kakhulu kokuhlangenwe nakho nendawo ezungezile, okwenza isisekelo sokufunda impilo yonke.
Nakuba amakhono okuqonda ebalulekile, ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi amakhono ezenhlalo nezomzwelo afundwa ebuntwaneni angaba nomthelela obaluleke kakhulu emiphumeleni yokuphila yakamuva. Ngeshwa, iNingizimu Afrika ibidonsa kanzima kule ndawo, njengoba kwavezwa i-Early Childhood Centre Census ngo-2021. Zingaphezu kuka-42,000 izikhungo zokufunda kusenesikhathi noma izinhlelo ezikhona ezweni, nokho izibalo ezikhathazayo zibonisa ukuthi eziningi azinikezi izinto zokufunda namathoyizi ezifanele. Isibonelo, u-34% awunayo indawo efanele yokudlala yangaphandle, u-44% awunazo izincwadi ezifanele ubudala, kanti u-59% awunawo amathebula etimu.
Umbiko Ogxilile Wonyaka ka-2022 we-Makosi's 10,000Kids Project wagcizelela ukuthi izinga lemfundo eminyakeni yokuqala libalulekile. Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi cishe izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-250 emhlabeni wonke azikwazanga ukufunda amakhono ayisisekelo okufunda nezibalo, naphezu kokuchitha okungenani iminyaka emine esikoleni. Ngakho-ke, ukufunda ngaphambi kweprimary kubalulekile emiqondweni yabancane, futhi ukufunda kuyinsika yalolu hambo.
Ngezincwadi, izingane zingahlola futhi zithole izinto ezintsha, ezikhuthaza ukusungula nokucabanga. Bangafunda uzwela nozwelo, bathuthukise amakhono okuqonda, futhi bathuthukise amakhono abo olimi. Ngakho-ke, ukufunda besebancane kungaba nomthelela omuhle ezimpilweni zabo.
I-SOOQ, isitolo se-inthanethi se-e-commerce, inendawo enikelwe yokufunda yezingane zangaphambi kweprimary. Banikeza imisebenzi eyahlukene, amathoyizi, nezincwadi ezihlinzekwe endaweni, okuhlanganisa nekhona lokufunda elinesigaba esizinikele kulesi sigaba sokufunda. Basebenzisana ne-Story Café, isitolo sezincwadi sendawo saseGoli, ukuze banikeze ukufinyelela ezinsizeni zokufunda ezidingwa abaningi eNingizimu Afrika.
Umsunguli we-Story Café, u-Tamara Gordon, ugcizelele ukuthi ukwamukela ukufundela incazelo ekukhuleni kwengane esemncane kudlula ukuqopha amagama ekhasini. Ngokudalula izingane kubalingiswa bezincwadi abahlukahlukene, zingakwazi ukubona umhlaba ngemibono eyahlukene futhi ziqonde imiphakathi yazo kangcono. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukukhangisa nokugubha ithalente lendawo kungasiza ukukhuthaza isizukulwane esisha sabaholi ngenkathi kuhlinzeka abafundi abasha ngezindaba ezihambisanayo.
I-SOOQ kanye ne-Story Café ihlose ukusekela abazali nezingane ohambweni lwabo lokufunda ngokubanikeza izinsiza ezifinyelelekayo endaweni yemakethe yendawo eku-inthanethi. Bazophinde bethule izikhathi zokufunda bukhoma maduze ngeziteshi zokuxhumana, ezihlanganisa ababhali bendawo. Njengoba u-Kayla de Jager, oyiNhloko Yezokuthengisa e-SOOQ, ephethe ngokufanelekile, "Yiba khona kulezi zikhathi zakuqala zokuphila, futhi imivuzo yezingane zakho izoba yinto eyigugu futhi ibe nempilo yonke."
