For the first time in Móðurmál’s twenty-year-old history, groups work together on a common project for a whole year!
Parents of bilingual children work hard to prepare them for the future that will entail using their languages and cherishing connections to all countries where their parents come from and where their extended families still live.
However, the future would be unthinkable without the Planet Earth and its resources. So children from Móðurmál mother tongue groups have been exploring the globe from the ecological perspective, using their languages to understand complicated concepts, learn about their own resources, work on projects, present their creations and take part in common events.
The project was presented at the annual conference of Móðurmál “Beautiful Languages” in November 2016, on the International Mother Language Day in February 2017 and the Children’s Festival in April 2017. At the Children’s Festival, the twelve participating groups presented a multilingual ecological dictionary and together with the Lithuanian school prepared word games and a cultural program.
As a conclusion of a year-long project, Móðurmál organized a field trip for students, teachers, and parents to the educational and entertainment exhibition “Orkuverið Jörð” in Reykjaness on May 13th.