The fear of the foreign language!

As the author of JaJaJa Books I often tour promotionally with the books and learning tools and I always get a great response. I am never, however, prepared for someone to disagree with my learning approach or ready for criticism (something you have to be prepared for...

Tides are turning?

Yesterday we had a fantastic time at the Duchy Barn in Dedham! We had advertised our story time and European morning, with activities and snacks included. Little did we know that 30 children would turn up! It was so wonderful to see all these excited little people...

Meet Amelia and Amélie Go To Le Zoo!

We have loved the response that we received for our first two books, “Lucy and Lucia Play Hide and Seek” and “Phillip and Felipe Become Best Amigos”. Parents constantly write in saying how their child has picked up lots of new Spanish words and...

It’s a Jungle out there!

One thing that JaJaJa love to do is work with other local businesses. It is so important in these financial times to support one another and encourage people to start a new business and thrive. When we found out a new play centre was opening in Colchester last year we...

English boys in France learning Spanish!

We just had to write something about this! Two brothers, 11 and 4 years of age, who recently moved to France, decided to record themselves reading Lucy and Lucia  Play Hide and Seek. Not only do the boys give the Spanish a good go, but we are equally impressed by the...

We like being featured in the Guardian!

Things are just non- stop here at JaJaJa HQ. Lots of newspapers are picking up on us and realising that our books really do work! Only this weekend we found out that a kind reader had written in and recommended us in the Guardian “What I like” section....