Welsh Junior Scrabble

CathWales

Hi, this question goes out to Welsh speakers with children. Admittedly I am not a fluent welsh speakerm but after I returned from a shopping trip, where I did buy my 4 year old nephew a Duplo set where you can also spell words (as he has been asking how to spell, tho this may be in English) I thought about also getting him a Junior Welsh Scrabble, tho as I said he is 4. The game has 2 sides and as I understand it, the side for younger players has pictures to form the words. Has anyone else used this game and do you recommend it for a 4 year old?

This is where I've seen it online http://www.gwales.com/goto/biblio/en/0000002206/

siws1

I think that is a fab idea and sure will help him with his school work if he is doing welsh. Would have loved it if this was available when my children were small.

JustKaren

My son had junior dora scrabble and adored it I so wish id found this years ago, the dora had spanish on reverse and if similar would be perfect for a 4 year old definetely xx

CathWales

Thank You for your feedback so far. I am still wondering what to do here, as I mentioned the Duplo set I bought him, you can spell with the letters and I wondered wether I could turn that into a welsh word spell, spell the welsh for 'dog' for example, and wether or not this may be easier and more attention grabbing than the Junior Scrabble as he is only 4, but loves learning, which is why I wondered if anyone owned it and could tell me what the side with pictures was like. He is also Train mad and likes Thomas the Tank engine, so wondering wether to add some welsh books.

teacherandmum

yes definitely get it. its a great way to learn about spellings. the words are already spelled out on the board and you ar able to build up the word with the tiles you have . if you are the one to complete the whole word then you earn a token. the one with the most tokens, once all the words have been covered with tiles, is the winner
I hope that makes sense!!
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CathWales

I listened to the helpful advice on here and went ahead and ordered the Welsh Scrabble and it arrived today! I really wasn't expecting it to arrive so quickly It was well wrapped in lots of brown wrapping and then a bubble wrap over the game, the bubble wrap is still on the game, but I can see the text is all in welsh, which you'd expect. I decided to give them a ring to ask about what language the game play info was in and spoke for quite a while to a lovely lady. She had managed to find a box that had been returned damaged to them and was therefore able to be opened and the instructions were in welsh, but she explained about both sides of the game for different ages (box suggests ages 5-10 and he's not far off from 5) and how detailed the board was too with pics and words. I later went to T3sco and found the English Junior Scrabble and that seems to have a similar look to the Welsh one. I told my sis I'd bought the game and she said my nephew would like it and I hope that is the case