Useful information for parents and teachers
Here is some useful information for parents and teachers working in multicultural education settings:
- Miðja máls og læsis is a team of consultants who visit educational settings and provide support, counselling and training to teachers and other staff in schools and after school centres: https://mml.reykjavik.is/ The team published leaflets about language environment of multilingual children and quality language stimulation: https://mml.reykjavik.is/2021/01/18/tvi-og-fjoltyngi/
- Useful information on the website of Akureyri: http://erlendir.akmennt.is/
- Educational materials and other information in several languages on the website of Kópavogur: http://fjolmenning.kopavogur.is/
- Fræðsluskot provides methods and practical tools for all teachers working in a multicultural teaching environment: http://fraedsluskot.wixsite.com/heim
- Allir með en enginn eins – multiculturalism in preschools: http://reykjavik.is/allir-med
- Einn leikskóli – mörg tungumál. A guide to documenting children's progress in Icelandic as a second language: https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/einn_leiksk_li_moerg_tungum_l_skr_ning_framfoerum.pdf
- A project at Krílakot preschool in Dalvík to strengthen cooperation with parents: https://www.dalvikurbyggd.is/krilakot/verkefni/soguskjodur
- Tengjumst is a website aiming at empowering parents in their roles in the education of their children. You can find there four videos, each in Arabic, Icelandic, Polish and Spanish, as well as educational material. The videos address important issues and provide guidance on the relationship between homes and compulsory schools in Icelandic society. Further information: https://tengjumst.hi.is/
- Videos about multilingual children in several languages: https://menntavisindastofnun.hi.is/is/rannsokna-og-fraedslustofa-um-throska-laesi-og-lidan-barna-og-ungmenna
- On this page you can find interesting educational material from Árborg's school services https://www.arborg.is/stjornsysla/svid-og-deildir/fjolskyldusvid/fraedsluthjonusta/fraedsluefni/
- Bildetema is in multiple languages with pictures, text and audio divided into themes. There is a simple vocabulary that can be a trigger for working with language in kindergarten, primary school and in adult education https://nybildetema.oslomet.no/is/?fbclid=IwAR0qk3NMyASkVpFmj58e2WjhcqnFuBxcWPyHm-vg6N1a4M4FpZl5ZMlD9oc#/isl
- Icelandic Online for children is an interactive learning material in Icelandic as a second language for children in preschool age and in the first grades of primary school. The website has seven courses in different levels. It is free of charge and open to all https://born.icelandiconline.com/
- Orð eru ævintýri is a picture book for children. It offers the opportunity to chat about the words of daily life that can activate children's imagination and be a source of adventure and play. https://mms.is/namsefni/ord-eru-aevintyri-rafbok