My Language, My Experience

About the Book

A much-treasured book, My Language, My Experience focuses on teaching positive, empowering language through concepts and using the English alphabet as a framework. To contextualize, My Language, My Experience provides everyday contexts where these words are applied effortlessly and effectively. This is designed to enable children to build their vocabulary using positive powerful language in everyday contexts. My Language, My Experience is written with a high degree of lightness and playfulness, and it reflects the author’s perception of both Tiffany and Rafael, who are cousins in real life. It also draws on some of their conversations and extends them to make My Language, My Experience book the delightful educational book it is. Wise Owl, an additional character in the book, assumes the role of teacher or adult guide, for example, a parent. Wise Owl enriches the conversations by drawing on a child’s experiences and expanding on their understanding as they enjoy reading My Language, My Experience. My Language, My Experience supports teaching of children to embed positive, empowering language that can raise their self-esteem; promote their social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes; and enhance their lives altogether.

About the Author

Jedidah Karanja is a mother, a coach, and a learning and development specialist passionate about learning and development of children. Drawing on her own experience growing up in Kenya, and bringing up a child in Australia, Jedidah believes that foundational years is a critical stage for children to be equipped with skills and resources they need to grow to become confident, positive and independent human beings. Inspired by her son Rafael, Jedidah is interested in contributing to the development of children and believes that with proper guidance, children are capable of understanding and adopting concepts that could initially be perceived as complex. Children, parents, schools, and communities can then benefit immensely in having children adopt positive powerful language as part of their everyday language. Jedidah strongly believes that our choice of language, including what we tell ourselves, is what shapes our experiences.