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You know this particular animal is what started my journey to explore the Persian words for animals and spawned the release of our first book @englisifarsi animals! I was trying to think of the word for zebra to explain to my son, and had no idea what it was. At the time I couldn’t read persian words. So google and dictionaries were of no use. And now I’ll never forget it. Plus it’s a combination of two funny words Gúr meaning tomb/grave Khar meaning donkey 🦓 🦓 🦓 🦓 🦓 🦓 🦓 For every problem, there’s a solution. Persian. Pass...

Time. Our most precious commodity. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back. “ so choose wisely 🤓 Learn to read the time, my sons favourite kinder activity... the persian version! Match the persian digital time, with the persian analogue time and then with the English digital (connect the dots style) 🔘➰🔘➰🔘Digital download. Link in stories ☝️ And yes, it’s the OCD pharmacist in me that makes me colour code the short and long hard to match the...

Sizdah Bedar (Persian: سیزده‌بدر – sīzdah bedar),literally translates to 'Getting Rid of Thirteen' also known as Nature's Day (روز طبیعت – rúze tab'íat ). It is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin (same as Aries), the first month of the Iranian calendar, during which people spend time picnicking outdoors. It marks the end of the Nowruz holidays in Iran. And it’s when you take the haft sín sabze and release it back into nature (into any moving body of water). ♻️ 💦 🌱 Page 📄 taken from our latest @englisifarsi book release nature 🌳 tabí’at...

Are you here to learn or teach? Are you fluent in Persian yourself- can you read and write? Or are you learning as you teach?I was illiterate when I started my Persian learning journey. I wanted to teach my son but didn't have the tools to assist me as I was learning. We have a range of educational aids to help facilitate your families learning needs. These were created as our needs grew. These include:Worksheets [Persian Alphabet examples of words, Tracing worksheets, sight word recognition, Sight word games] Printable posters for memorisation or quick reference [Alphabet, Numbers, Reading the time &...

Struggles of Minority LanguageKhosh Ámadi be Englisi Farsi fámíle má. Khúbí? We are going well. Emerging from the hermit lifestyle we have fostered during the height of the pandemic in Melbourne Victoria. Starting a new school year with twice weekly RAT (Rapid antigen testing) and soldiering on despite the challenges of being separated from our family.I wanted to share a piece I wrote about struggling to keep on track with Persian with my children. Having had our third child, constant lockdowns and homeschooling.My sanity was starting to unravel.Switching to English when im faced with high stress situations is my go...