I have a 3 month old son and I hope he will learn to speak both English and Welsh.
Although I'm Welsh myself I am not a fluent Welsh speaker - I have a VERY basic bit of Welsh but not enough to hold a conversation. I grew up in Newport in a non Welsh speaking family and only got a year and a half of Welsh in school (this was in the mid 80s, before the Welsh Language Act, and it wasn't taken very seriously then in some schools).
My partner is from Kent and so doesn't speak any Welsh at all!!!
My son has a cd of Welsh nursery ryhmes (Mynd Drot Drot, Dacw Mam yn dwad, Gee Geffyl Bach etc) from the TWF lady at our baby clinic (all mums were given them) which I've taken the trouble to learn and sing to him. He's going to our local Cylch Ti a Fi once a week too to hear other kids play in Welsh.
And he's obsessed with TV so I'm letting him watch Planed Plant Bach for half an hour each day!
Any other suggestions? I hope when he learns to speak he will have some Welsh and some English!
2007-02-27
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