WHAT A CLEVER GIRL!
Jul 22, 2022
4 minutes
BY LESEGO SEOKWANG
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READING cards and books are strewn all around her as she sits on a mat in the centre of the living room.
The little girl picks up a reading card and carefully sounds out each letter. “My cap has gum on it,” she reads.
“Well done, Lethu!” her mom says.
It would be impressive enough if Lethukuthula Bhengu were in Grade 1 but the toddler is just two years old, an age when many kids are just learning how to speak in full sentences.
Yet little Lethu is able to sound out simple words, count to 20 and
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