Ciao bambini

Language learning is about so much more than vocabulary and grammar - it’s about understanding people, traditions, history, and ways of life. 🌍💚

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Recently, I took the children to St Fagans National Museum of History to learn about the old ways of living in Wales. Exploring traditional homes, buildings, and stories from Welsh history helped bring culture to life in a meaningful and memorable way.

Experiences like these remind us that culture enriches language learning and helps children develop a deeper understanding of the world around them. 📚✨

At Ciao Bambini, I love encouraging children to connect language with real-life culture, history, and traditions - because that’s where learning truly comes alive.✨

🇮🇹✨ Italian is more than a language - it’s history, culture, geography and adventure!
Fun children’s Italian lessons starting this September.

Get in touch to find out more or reserve a space! 💚

Only a few remaining spots left for the Spanish Beginners class starting this September for children aged 5–9! 🇪🇸✨

More information can be found on my page . Please feel free to get in touch if you’d like to know more!

We’re so excited to begin this journey with new home-educating families and to help children grow in confidence while learning a new language in a fun and supportive environment. 💛

Why I Love the Charlotte Mason Approach to Language Learning 🌿

📖 Language learning feels natural and enjoyable
🎶 Children learn through stories, songs, art and conversation
💬 The focus is on meaningful communication, not just memorisation
🌱 It removes the pressure often associated with language learning
✨ Children grow in confidence while developing a genuine love for languages

After teaching in mainstream schools, I wanted language learning to feel more alive and engaging - both for my students and for my own trilingual children at home. 🤍

🇪🇸 If you are interested in my new online Spanish class for primary-aged children starting this September, feel free to get in touch for more information.

* A photo of my daughter painting a wooden aeroplane in the colours of the French flag.🇫🇷

🇪🇸Interested in introducing your child to Spanish?

💃We still have places available on our new Spanish Beginners' class for primary-aged children, starting in September.

✉️Get in touch to find out more and reserve your child's place - we'd love to hear from you! DM or email [email protected]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Why learn Welsh as a home educated child in Wales?

Welsh is so much more than a subject - it is a living language that connects children to the culture, history and community around them. 💚❤️🤍

Learning Welsh can help children develop:
✨ confidence
✨ creativity
✨ strong communication skills
✨ a love for languages and culture

🏰For home educated children especially, Welsh can be woven naturally into stories, music, everyday life and real conversation - making learning meaningful and alive. 🌿

My small online Welsh classes for children begin this September.

🌱Gentle, engaging lessons with a strong focus on connection, culture and real language learning.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Places are limited to keep groups small and supportive.

📩 Message or email me for more information: [email protected]

Pembroke Castle - birthplace of Henry VII

🇪🇸Language learning should be about more than grammar exercises and memorising words.

💃A language is alive - filled with art, culture, music, stories, and human connection.

That’s why I believe children learn best when Spanish is taught through culture as well as language skills. ❤️🌍

🎨 From artists like Picasso to everyday Spanish traditions, learning becomes meaningful, memorable, and inspiring.

🇪🇸 Small group Spanish lessons for primary-aged children start this September.
✨ Friendly, inspiring, relationship-based learning
📚 Suitable for beginners

🇪🇸Places are intentionally limited so that every child is known, encouraged, and given individual attention - not lost in large classes.

📩 Message or email me to find out more or reserve a place: [email protected]

A few years ago, I had the honour of delivering a Welsh language workshop 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨ to teaching colleagues in Beijing 🇨🇳.

I was genuinely impressed by how quickly they picked up the sounds 🔊 and pronunciation of this beautiful language - especially one that was completely new to them.

In the session, I demonstrated my approach to language teaching 📚 in a practical, hands-on way, bringing Welsh to life!

It was a reminder of how powerful playful, meaningful learning 🎯 can be when teaching languages.

If you’d love your child to experience languages in this kind of engaging, living way 🌿💬, my online Welsh and Spanish lessons for children begin this September 📅

✨ Limited spaces available — message me 💌 or email to find out more: [email protected]

🌟 Sali Mali🌟

A true Welsh childhood favourite ❤️

📚 Created by Mary Vaughan Jones in the 1960s
👧 Known for her colourful dress and iconic hair bun
🗣️ Helped generations of children learn to read Welsh, including my own daughter

From books to TV screens, Sali Mali has remained a special part of Welsh culture for over 50 years ✨

Fun beginner Welsh lessons for children starting this September! 🌟
Sign up now and start the language adventure! 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Diolch o galon 🩷

🌿 What is Eisteddfod yr Urdd?

Eisteddfod yr Urdd is Europe’s largest travelling youth festival celebrating Welsh language, culture, and creativity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✨

👧🧒 Who takes part?
Children and young people aged 8–25

🎭 What do they do?
• Singing 🎤
• Dancing 💃
• Acting 🎬
• Art 🎨
• Writing ✍️

📍 When?
Every May half-term 🌱

👥 Who runs it?
Urdd Gobaith Cymru — Wales’s largest youth movement

💬 Who can join?
All young people in Wales — whether fluent Welsh speakers or just starting to learn the language 🌱

📺You can watch Eisteddfod yr Urdd online via S4C Clic or BBC iPlayer. Both platforms stream all daily competitions live.

https://www.s4c.cymru/en/entertainment/eisteddfod-yr-urdd