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Language Garden

Nepali arrives through songs, games and giggles — planted gently, growing season by season. Never pressure.

4 secrets hide here — find the glowing dots

Inside this world

Words that matter first

Family words, food words, festival words — the vocabulary of belonging, before anything else.

Songs and rhymes from home

The same rhymes Nepali parents grew up chanting, now sung in living rooms in Toronto, Sydney and London.

Phrases for the phone call

Small, mighty sentences — “Khana khanu bhayo?” — that turn a shy video call into a real conversation.

Try it this week — no app needed

Three words for Sunday’s call

You’ll need

  • The week’s three words
  • A piece of paper for word-drawings
  • Grandparents on standby

About 15 minutes, plus one phone call

  1. Meet this week’s three Nepali words through a short song.

  2. Draw each word — a picture dictionary made by your child.

  3. Practise them once at dinner. Giggling is allowed and expected.

  4. Use all three on the weekend call and watch Hajuraama light up.

One new word from a grandchild’s mouth is worth a hundred perfect lessons.

What quietly grows here

A growing garden of Nepali words they actually use

Courage to speak, because no one is grading them

Real conversations with grandparents, in their language

The journey continues

Next door: Maker's Workshop

Kites, masks, momos and mandalas — hands busy making real things, not just scrolling past them.