Baby Steps Into Welsh cover art

Baby Steps Into Welsh

Baby Steps Into Welsh

By: Mudiad Meithrin
Listen for free

About this listen

 What does the Curriculum for Wales mean for early years children and nursery groups? In this new series of short podcasts, Nia Parry speaks to Curriculum Specialist, Vanessa Powell, as well as Cylchoedd Meithrin staff to understand how Mudiad Meithrin is using the five development pathways of the curriculum to help the development of preschool children.

Beth mae’r Cwricwlwm i Gymru yn ei olygu i blant y blynyddoedd cynnar a chylchoedd meithrin? Yn y gyfres newydd hon o bodlediadau byr, mae Nia Parry yn siarad â'r Arbenigwr Cwricwlwm, Vanessa Powell, yn ogystal â staff Cylchoedd Meithrin, i ddeall sut mae’r Mudiad Meithrin yn defnyddio’r pum llwybr datblygu'r cwricwlwm i helpu datblygiad plant cyn oed ysgol.Mudiad Meithrin Language Learning Parenting & Families Relationships
Episodes
  • Keeping children moving through physical development

    Keeping children moving through physical development
    Feb 27 2023
    Physical development - encouraging children to develop their motor skills, coordination and balance - is an important part of the Curriculum for Wales.

    Wendy Davies, the leader of Ffrindiau Bach Tegryn in Aberporth, discusses the importance of keeping the children moving but also being creative with how they move, in order to develop muscles and motor-skills. We learn how taking children out to explore their local area helps to cover multiple developmental pathways at once.
    Show More Show Less
    10 mins
  • Cadw plant i symud trwy ddatblygiad corfforol

    Cadw plant i symud trwy ddatblygiad corfforol
    Feb 27 2023
    Mae datblygiad corfforol - annog plant i ddatblygu eu sgiliau echddygol, cydsymud a chydbwysedd - yn rhan bwysig o Gwricwlwm Cymru.

    Mae Wendy Davies, arweinydd Ffrindiau Bach Tegryn yn Aberporth yn trafod pwysigrwydd cadw’r plant i symud ond hefyd bod yn greadigol ynghylch sut maen nhw’n symud, er mwyn datblygu cyhyrau a sgiliau echddygol. Clywn ni sut mae mynd â phlant allan i archwilio eu hardal leol yn helpu i gwmpasu llwybrau datblygu lluosog ar yr un pryd.
    Show More Show Less
    9 mins
  • Creating a sense of belonging

    Creating a sense of belonging
    Feb 20 2023
    Belonging is a sense of happiness and feeling accepted in the environment you’re in. It is important to children’s development and is another developmental pathway in the Curriculum for Wales.

    Hannah Rowley, a deputy leader from Cylch Meithrin Nant Dyrys in Treorchy, introduces us to belonging in a playgroup setting. We’ll hear how local trips to hairdressers, charity shops and into the wider community are some of the ways Hannah and team use to create a sense of belonging for children.
    Show More Show Less
    7 mins
No reviews yet