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Umkhosi wobuhle bemvelo ngezipholi.
Umbhali, njengobabamkhulu, uchithe amahora amaningi ejabule efunda izincwadi zemibala ezinganeni. Kaningi wathola ezinye zingenabo ubusha. Umhlaba ugcwele imumo nemibala emangalisayo-kungani singamukeli imvelo uqobo?
Efuna indlela enhle yokwethula amagama emibala, wathola ingcebo: Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets ka François Levaillant, eyadalwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1800 ngaphansi kukaProfesa Bouquet e-Prytanée yaseParis. Lezi zidwebo zamhlohlonza ngobuhle nobukhazikhazi bazo.
Ku Imibala Ka-Upholi, lezi zidwebo zomlando ziphenduka uhambo olujabulisayo nolufundisayo. Ikhasi ngalinye ligcwala amaphiko anemibala, limema izingane ukuba zifunde futhi zibize amagama emibala ngokubuka opholi-ezinye zezinhlobo ezikhazimulayo kunazo zonke emhlabeni.
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UDavid E. McAdams ungumbalisi wezindaba, uthisha, futhi ungumhloli wemibono impilo yonke. Ngekhetho lomsebenzi oluhlanganisa amashumi eminyaka emfundweni yezibalo kanye nothando olujulile lokubhala, uDavid ubhale izincwadi eziningi ezihlanganisa ukufunda nokuqamba. Umsebenzi wakhe usukela emaqoqweni eziphicaphicwano ezidlalayo zezingane ezincane kuya ekuhloleni ngokuningiliziwe okungaguquki kwezibalo, iziqondiso zamagama, nezinsiza zokufunda ezisebenzisanayo-konke kwakhelwe ukuvula iminyango yokuthola ulwazi.
Uhambo lukaDavid lwaqala ekilasini, lapho afundisa khona izibalo zamabanga aphezulu futhi wathola iqiniso elamqondisa kuze kube phakade: Izingane zifunda kangcono uma zibandakanyekile, zinomuzwa wokufuna ukwazi, futhi zijabule. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wabona igebe elikhulu emfundweni yezibalo-abafundi babenokululana hhayi ngemiqondo kuphela, kodwa nangezilimi zezibalo uqobo. Lokhu kumqondise ukuthi adale i-All Math Words Dictionary, insiza ebanzi, enobungane ezinganeni, eqinisa isichazamazwi sezibalo futhi ithuthukise ukuqonda.
Kodwa uDavid akazange ame lapho. Waqala ukubhala izincwadi ezigqugquzelwe yizibalo zezingane-izincwadi ezijabulisayo njengoba zifundisa. Ku-One Penny, Two, indaba emnandi, ehlakaniphile mayelana nekhethi eliphindeka kabili usuku ngalunye iyaphila. Ku-What Is Bigger Than Anything?, izingane zethulwa emcabangweni omangalisayo wokungapheli-i-infinity. Izincwadi zakhe My Favorite Fractals kanye ne-Geometric Nets Project Books zimenya izingane ukuthi zihlole amaphethini, izinombolo, ne-jiomethri ngendlela ebonakalayo nejabulisayo.
Izincwadi zikaDavid zivame ukuba nehlaya, zinezinkondlo ezithambile, zigcwele isimanga somhlaba wangempela: ama-dinosaur, izinganekwane, isikhala, amathoyizi ezilwane agcwele, ukufihla nokufuna, ngisho nezitebula zejimu. Indaba ngayinye noma iphazili yenziwa hhayi kuphela ukufundisa, kodwa futhi ukucasula umcabango. Amaphrojekthi akhe akamuva afaka iqoqo wamakhulu eziphicaphicwano zezibalo zezingane zeminyaka eyisithupha kanye nochungechunge olunendikimba oluhlanganisa izibalo nezinto zonke ezithandwa izingane: amakoni e-ayisikhilimu, ukusesha umcebo, amaqhinga omlingo, nokunye okuningi.
Imisebenzi yakhe isihunyushelwe ezilimini eziningi, kuhlanganise nesiBengali, okwenza indlela yakhe ejabulisayo yokufunda ifinyelele ezinganeni eziningi emhlabeni jikelele. Noma ebala izinkanyezi noma ehlola izinombolo zika-pi, uDavid ulethe ukunakekela okujulile nentshiseko yokufuna ukwazi ekhasini ngalinye.
Manje esethathe umhlalaphansi ekufundiseni, uDavid unikezela isikhathi sakhe ukulima ingadi kanye nenjabulo yokudala ngokubhala. Uyaqhubeka ukubhala nsuku zonke, njalo ecinga izindlela ezintsha zokusize izingane zibone ubuhle bezibalo, amandla olimi, nomlingo wombuzo othi, "Kwenzekani uma...?"
