School year started & AGM

Most Móðurmál groups started teaching on Saturday 10 September. For the first time, three groups are using Hólabrekkuskóli in Breiðholt, thanks to the cooperation of Móðurmál with the Reykjavík City School Department (Skóla-og frístundasvið Reykjavíkurborgar). Móðurmál groups will cooperate on the environmental project “Móðurmál rannsakar náttúru– og tungumálaauðlindir” in which children will work with environmental …

German mother tongue taught in Móðurmál

Welcome to Móðurmál and Deutsch-Isländisches Netzwerk The German group is part of Deutsch-Isländisches Netzwerk and lessons are held in Hafnarfjörður. Deutsch-Isländisches Netzwerk aims to connect Germans and Icelanders who are interested in cultural and mutual exchange. The Netzwerk offers many events and activities, such as German mother tongue classes for children, social events, a hiking group, …

The school year 2015/2016 finishes with glory

Móðurmál has finished its 22nd year of existence and mother-tongue instruction: CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉 Language schools and groups celebrated children’s achievements with various festivals and ceremonies, in some cases in collaboration with embassies and other honorary guests. Móðurmál was represented on the Great Preschool Day on Friday 27th May and on the Multicultural Day on Saturday …

Bridge of Friendship 2016 held in Iceland

Bridge of friendship is an annual international summer gathering of European Lithuanian mother-tongue schools where students of these schools, their parents, teachers, representatives of Lithuanian diplomatic and governmental organizations are invited. The idea of the gathering was generated in 2005 by Lithuanian Community in Sweden and Stockholm Lithuanian mother-tongue school Saulė. The gathering is held …

Von be don, börnin lesa úr nýrri bók

Höfundar bókarinnar “Von be don – Magnús og Malaika leysa málið” Bergljót Baldursdóttir og Brynhildur Jenný Bjarnadóttir og börn frá samtökum Móðurmál tóku þátt í Barnamenningarhátíð 2016 og lásu þann 23. Apríl 2016 úr nýrri barnabók. „Von be don” er bók fyrir börn um orð og tungumál. Henni er ætlað að vekja börn til vitundar um tilvist …

Samstarf TÉKÍS og RADKA í Tékklandi

Cooperation of TÉKÍS and RADKA in the Czech Republic Þrír fulltrúar félagsins Tékkneska á Íslandi (TÉKÍS), Renata Emilsson Peskova (stjórn TÉKÍS), Sonja Rúdolfsdóttir Jónsson (stjórn TÉKÍS) og Hulda Karen Daníelsdóttir, kennsluráðgjafi, heimsóttu í síðasta sinn stofnun RADKA í Kadan, Tékklandi, en TÉKÍS og RADKA áttu samstarf árið 2015 (sjá Án landamæra). Í vikunni 22.-26.2. heimsóttu …

Diverse teaching methods for diverse groups

One of the aims of Móðurmál is to support its mother tongue teachers. There are many teachers who have started their volunteer career this school year, both in Reykjavík and in Reykjanesbær. Therefore Móðurmál organized a teacher training in Eldey in Reykjanesbær with the title “Diverse teaching methods for diverse groups”. It took place on …