Welsh Language Development

WELSH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Area: SAND Song: Chwarae yn y tywod

Adult Directed / Focused . Introduce the following language patterns: chwarae yn y tywod - playing in the sand tollti dŵr - pouring water adeiladu castell - building a sandcastle

Children to suggest actions to go with the above. . Encourage the children to respond using the actions.

Adult Supported / Enhanced . Encourage the children to participate in the activity. . Use the following language patterns: Clicia yma. - Click here. eto - again Gwranda. - Listen. Wedi gorffen. - Finished.

Adult Observed / Continuous . Provide ample opportunities for individual children to use the above activity. . In pairs, one child could take on the role of the teacher / practitioner using language from Adult Supported / Enhanced.

Foundation Phase Welsh Language Development - Water Area: SAND

Activity 1: Mathematical Development

Adult Directed / Focused . Listen to the instruction: ‘Dewisa bwced.’ – Choose a bucket. and click on your choice. . Screen opens with a background and a picture of a bucket and spade. . Listen to the instruction: ‘Sawl rhawiad sydd ei angen i lenwi’r bwced? How many spadefulls are needed to fill the bucket?

. By clicking on the spade, the sand will be put into the bucket. The corresponding number will be heard and displayed in the sun.

1 un 6 chwech 2 dau 7 saith 3 tri 8 wyth 4 pedwar 9 naw 5 pump 10 deg

. Encourage the children to count with you. . When the bucket is full it will turn over to make a sandcastle.

Adult Supported / Enhanced . Encourage the children to participate in the activity. . Use the following language patterns:

Clicia yma. - Click here. Clicia ar y bwced. - Click on the bucket. Clicia ar y rhaw. - Click on the spade. Sawl rhawiad? - How many spadefulls? Wedi gorffen. - Finished.

Adult Observed / Continuous

. Provide ample opportunities for individual children to use the above activity. . In pairs, one child could take on the role of the teacher / practitioner using language from Adult Supported / Enhanced.

Foundation Phase Welsh Language Development - Water Area: SAND Activity 2: Creative Development

Adult Directed / Focused . Listen to the instruction: ‘Dewisa lun.’ – Choose a picture. and click on your choice . Screen opens with background and a selection of items on the right hand side of the screen.

bachgen yn nofio - boy swimming cragen - shell cranc - crab cwch - boat plant yn adeiladu castell - children building a castle

. Click on the sound icon to hear and see the vocabulary. . Click and drag pictures to create a scene. . To remove unwanted items click and drag to the recycle bin. . To print click on printer icon. . To return to main menu click on the red arrow.

Printia / Argraffa dy lun. - Print your picture. Ble mae...? - Where is…? Llun neis. - Nice picture. Da iawn. - Very good. Pa liw? - What colour? yn ôl - go back

Adult Observed / Continuous . Provide ample opportunities for individual children to use the above activity . In pairs, one child could take on the role of the teacher / practitioner using language from Adult Supported / Enhanced.

Foundation Phase Welsh Language Development - Water Area: SAND Activity 3: Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Adult Directed / Focused . The object of the activity is to create the perfect sandcastle. . Screen opens with the following items: can dŵr - watering can rhaw - spade pwced - bucket

. Listen to the instruction:

‘Faint o ddŵr a faint o dywod sydd ei angen i wneud castell?’ How much water and how much sand are needed to make a sandcastle? . By clicking on the spade or the watering can the sand or the water will be put into the bucket. The corresponding number will be heard and displayed above the spade or the watering can. . When the bucket is full click on the button ‘troi’r bwced’ – turn the bucket . If the mixture is correct the sandcastle will be built. . If the mixture is incorrect the sandcastle will collapse.

Faint o ddŵr? - How much water? Faint o dywod? - How much sand? Clicia yma. - Click here. Clicia ar y rhaw. - Click on the spade. Clicia ar y can dŵr. - Click on the watering can.

Adult Observed / Continuous . Provide ample opportunities for individual children to use the above activity. . In pairs, one child could take on the role of the teacher / practitioner using language from Adult Supported / Enhanced.

Foundation Phase Welsh Language Development - Water Area: SAND

Activity 4

Interactive games for children – Snap

Instructions how to play:

. Click on your choice of 6 card or 8 card Snap. . Click on the cards, one by one, to find the matching cards. . The name of the item can be heard as you click on each card.

Points to remember:

. Encourage the children to participate in the activity. . Provide ample opportunities for individual children to use the above activity. . In pairs, one child could take on the role of the teacher / practitioner using language from Adult Supported / Enhanced.

Foundation Phase Welsh Language Development - Water