Masikhule

10/10/2026

A VERY SPECIAL EVENT!

A huge thank you and much gratitude to the ECD Centres that arranged the fabulous event today - Let's Walk For Their Growth.

This wonderful fun walk was held at Paardevlei Nature Reserve to raise funds for us! Yip - the ECD Centres we work with did this for us, which is just amazing.

Lots of fun was had by all and we are grateful to everyone who made it happen and supported this. Thank you from all of us!

10/10/2026

Thank you ECD Community for hosting this event for Masikhule and for the greater ECD community.

07/10/2026

VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE PLEASE!

Due to the fact that our training includes things like Mentorship, Early Intervention, Resources and Nutrition we can only train ECD Practioners working at ECD Centres in the Helderberg Basin area of the Western Cape.

We appreciate the fact that many more people would like to access our training, so we have developed a free Early Learning Program App called MASKOT for educational resources and activities:
https://www.beeline.life/organization/maskot/academy

We are also working towards adding our Masikhule Early Education and Teacher Training (MEETT) course onto this app - but that will only be coming in the new year. This online training course is for teachers to better understand the principles of Early Childhood Development, how young children learn and the importance of multi-sensory learning to enhance holistic development. We will let you know here when this is available!

Thank you for your interest and for following us.

05/10/2026

STORY TIME WITH MASIKHULE AND TANNIE M

Be sure to tune into Radio Eersteriver at 09h00 tomorrow so that you catch the next great episode! Tomorrow Shijham Yaanah Majiedt and Anne Pedersen from Masikhule will be covering Pre-reading Skills and Language Development.

03/10/2026

Only one week left to book your tickets to join in this lovely event created by the ECD Centres we work with.

You can book here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/394744-lets-walk-for-their-growth/ #/

Our thanks to Bolander for this great article! We are humbled by this amazing show of support from the ECD Centres we work with - so special!
https://bolanderlifestyle.co.za/news/2026-09-15-helderberg-ecd-principals-launch-masikhule-fundraising-fun-walk/

Book here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/394744-lets-walk-for-their-growth/ #/

28/09/2026

Please book your tickets!

28/09/2026

We are so grateful to Erinvale Eagles (EE) for their wonderful support. Both of the ELDAs (Early Learning and Development Areas) training courses this year were funded by them (as well as other projects). Please have a look at the post below for details.

A special thank you goes to Chris and Kit from EE who came to join in with our session - it is so appreciated when donors can experience what we do and see the impact their funds are having.

While we're saying thank you - have a look at the delicious pre-Heritage Day lunch Elton (La Cuisine de Elton) prepared for the attendees. Braaied wors and chicken piece, braaied mielie, potato salad, chakalka, best ever mini roosterkoek and a naartjie for fruit. True South African flavours - thank you Elton!

Erinvale Country Golf Estate

25/09/2026

ELDAS TRAINING

The Masikhule 0-3 years and 3-5 years Early Learning Programs are aligned with the state's National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for Early Childhood Development (ECD).

There are 6 Early Learning Development Areas (ELDAs) identified in the Framework which, when implemented, ensures that the children receive a holistic education.

The trainees in this Semester participated in an interactive workshop where it was shown that the use of familiar resources in their Centres can be used to teach and achieve the various aims of the NCF.

23/09/2026

Reminder to book your tickets to join in this lovely event created by the ECD Centres we work with. They are raising funds for Masikhule💚because, as they said: "We know this will come back to us".

You can book here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/394744-lets-walk-for-their-growth/ #/

Our thanks to Bolander for this great article! We are humbled by this amazing show of support from the ECD Centres we work with - so special!
https://bolanderlifestyle.co.za/news/2026-09-15-helderberg-ecd-principals-launch-masikhule-fundraising-fun-walk/

Book here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/394744-lets-walk-for-their-growth/ #/

21/09/2026

EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM

The ECD educators enjoyed the Pets Theme - you can see how they are learning through play in order to implement this in their classrooms.

These photos cover the sessions for 0 - 3 ELP as well as 3 - 5 ELP. As per usual, the use of recycled materials is central to our activities.

PLEASE NOTE: There are no more spaces for these training sessions. For information and ideas about the activities please see our free open-source App - MASKOT: https://masikhule.org/maskot-online-program/