This website has been designed to be used in school and at home, with easy to find resources for teaching professionals, as well as parents and carers. Here, you can find ideas, guidance and resources to support you and your child. You can use the filters on the left-hand side of the ‘Resources’ library to locate a particular language pattern, a specific area of learning and experience, or just to find a favourite video, book or song!
‘Fflic a Fflac’ gives learners the opportunity to listen to and watch short, fun and engaging videos, which will help them to improve their pronunciation and develop their skills and understanding of the Welsh language. The language patterns and songs in the videos will also present opportunities for you to use Welsh with your child during daily activities around the home, e.g. tidying up, mealtimes, in the garden.
The reading books aim to encourage children to read Welsh independently. With colourful images and simple sentence patterns, the books have been designed to make reading in Welsh fun! At the back of each book there is a list of the vocabulary in the book and suggested questions to ask your child about the story (including English translations). A perfect opportunity for some bedtime reading with your child!
In order to support second language parents and carers with correct pronunciation, there is a handy ‘read aloud’ feature on the e-Books with audio narrations of the words and phrases within the books. This will also help parents and carers to develop their own Welsh language skills at the same time!
‘Fflic a Fflac’ will enable your child to confidently use familiar Welsh patterns and vocabulary in all situations - indoors and outdoors, both at school and at home.
‘Fflic a Fflac’ aims to give learners and practitioners increasing confidence to use Welsh as a means of communication on a daily basis. The suggested activities in this guidance provide opportunities to use Welsh across all areas of learning and experience.
‘Fflic a ‘Fflac’ is suitable for nursery groups and schools across Wales and covers a range of familiar contexts and related activities designed to inspire 3–7-year-olds and encourage the use of the Welsh language in day-to-day activities.
The materials should be used in short but regular periods and can be adapted to your own needs. Listening to and watching the videos regularly will improve pronunciation. Practitioners should take every opportunity they can to use the patterns and vocabulary in all situations, both indoors and outdoors.
The characters/puppets (Fflic and Fflac) have different accents. Fflic is from North Wales and Fflac is from South Wales.They sometimes use different words which mean the same thing, i.e.
| Fflic’s words | Fflac’s words | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| rŵan | nawr | now |
| Tyrd | Dere | Come (command) |
| llefrith | llaeth | milk |
The presenter uses two verb forms when giving instructions to Fflic and Fflac, e.g.
| Plural / Formal | Singular | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Edrychwch | Edrycha | Look |
| Gwrandewch | Gwranda | Listen |
At the back of each book, there is a list of vocabulary and language to be used when introducing, reading and discussing the stories. The suggested vocabulary can be adapted for use with any book.
