Our friendly guide, waving hello

Our Streets,
Our Words

A digital language map built with a Grade 4 class in mind — every stop is a real place in their own neighbourhood, built around three languages learners already live in: Sesotho, Afrikaans and English.

The wall we're breaking:English treated as the only language that counts in class — cutting learners off from the Sesotho and Afrikaans they already think, joke and belong in.
Sesotho Afrikaans
Learner view
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Start over?

This clears every matched pair, puzzle piece and your reflection on this device. It can't be undone.

🧩 Your street puzzle

0 of 7 pieces found
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Your journey so far
0 of 6 streets explored

Tap a stop on the map

Each pin is a place near school. Open it, play the matching game — watch out, a few answers on the right are decoys that don't match anything — and win a puzzle piece for your street collage.

🗺️ Choose a stop above to start exploring.

🧩 The Corner Bench — final puzzle piece

Once you've visited every street, sit here for a moment and think back over your journey. This earns your 7th and final piece.

🔒 Visit all six streets to unlock this stop.

🎉 Puzzle complete! Here's your street.

The completed street collage

No data or smartphone at home?

A printed A3 version of this map with the same six stops is handed out in class, with the matching cards printed as a cut-and-paste activity instead of a tap-to-match screen.

Shared devices

Pairs can work on one tablet in class time — one learner drives the screen, the other reads the language cards aloud, then they swap.

Your progress stays on your device

Nothing here is uploaded anywhere. Progress saves only in this browser, so a teacher would collect it by screenshot or by watching the live showcase.