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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus i bawb - teach your kids to speak Welsh!
Firstly, .............. Congratulations to the Americymru team for all their hard toil in keeping this website alive and kicking, what a treasure you have created for Welsh people everywhere to share .... 3 cheers ... Oggi, oggi, oggi!
Ar Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant I shout about patriotism
"Wales is clearly a distinct society within the United Kingdom" ~ Jeannine Farhi
On St David's Day 1990 my daughter had her picture taken in school to celebrate the event ... this is happening NOW in schools across Wales. Little ones are being photographed in Welsh National Costume and are being reminded of their Welsh heritage and I hope the whole of the school day is being devoted to this necessary activity.
My daughter happened to be born in St John's Hospital Chelmsford in Essex because at that time I was working as a Lecturer at Braintree College. By the time she was two-and-half years old we returned to Wales because I felt very strongly that she should have the opportunity to develop strong bonds with her Welsh family, and she should learn to speak Welsh.
It was an easy decision when she reached three years old, to send her to the local Welsh Nursery despite the fact she hadn't heard Welsh spoken (apart from brief visits back to Mamgu in Ystradgynlais, while on holiday) . When the opportunity arrived for her to attend full-time education at the age of three-and-a-half years old she automatically entered the Welsh School. It was amusing to hear her speak English with an Essex accent, imagine my joy and amusement then when she began to sing Welsh traditional children's songs like 'Ar Lan Y Mor' , ' Gee geffyl bach ', 'Me welais Jac a do', 'Un bys, dau fys, tri bys yn dawnsio' !
Young children are capable of incredible feats of learning if all the right factors are in place: most prominent of all is the loving encouragement of the family. At the end of the first term in the Welsh School at Rhydaman she had acquired not only the ability to speak Welsh fluently but to read, comprehend and write fluently too! Thanks to Mrs Adams athrawes dosbarth y babanod, wife of the local vet, who patiently took charge of Cerys' Welsh language education. She loved you SO much!
Mission successful!
I have many interesting Welsh flavoured videos to recommend to you today, to celebrate Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant.
