A gift of literacy for all nursery school children

Bryndís
Guðmundsdóttir, a speech therapist and chairperson of the Language Committee on Icelandic Sign Language,
Recently came bearing gifts for all the nurseries in Hafnarfjörður.
The gift is a complete resource from her curriculum „Learning and Playing with Sounds“ and
is to celebrate Bryndís's thirty years of service to speech and language therapy. The gift
improves nursery schools' access to materials that prepare children for literacy.

Bryndís has worked in Iceland for over 30 years as
a speech therapist and has, among other things, published educational material entitled, 'Let's Learn and'
Playing with sounds. Material that has received various awards and is intended for everyone.
for families with children and schools. The curriculum is based on the professional expertise of speech and language therapy,
based on research and experience of working with children, parents and school professionals. The material is a welcome addition to teaching and language stimulation.
The nurseries in connection with the Hafnarfjörður literacy strategy. Reading is the game of life.

The nursery school heads in Hafnarfjörður received a gift from Bryndís today.

Complete material from
Let's learn and play with sounds

On the occasion of this great and momentous milestone in their career, decided
Bryndís, in collaboration with families, businesses and individuals, to donate materials to
nurseries in Iceland and all nurseries in the country receive a complete set of materials from Lærum
and play with sounds as a gift to use in their work with nursery children. Additional material
such as puzzles, stickers and work smocks, which support the sound learning with beautiful
Alphabet flashcards are included in the school packs. iPad apps are also provided.
in parallel to all the schools. Bryndís's partners in this project are
including Marel, Lýsi, Ikea and the couple Björgólfur Thor and Kristín Ólafsdóttir, as well as
the involvement of Raddlist, Bryndís's speech therapy company.

„This is about
a meaningful and beautiful gift for the benefit of the school community in Hafnarfjörður, which we
We are deeply grateful for. For the material and this fantastic initiative by Bryndís.
exemplary and speaks in line with our policy and focus on literacy and reading comprehension
children from a young age. For quite some time, we have been running the literacy project
„Reading is the game of life“ has been very successful, and now more is being added.
professional and well-presented material to be used within the nurseries. Considerable
Many nurseries already have material from Bryndís that is fought over.
the departments. This increases access to professional material which the nurseries make extensive use of.
his work“ says Fanney D. Halldórsdóttir, Education Manager for the City of Hafnarfjörður
upon the delivery of the school packs to all nursery school heads in Hafnarfjörður
Reading is the game of life.
a community project where the nursery and primary schools of the City of Hafnarfjörður, together with
parents and various town institutions have joined forces to strengthen
children's language development and literacy. Its purpose is to promote literacy and reading comprehension.
for students to be able to read for their own benefit and enjoyment by the end
primary education. Benchmarks for expected achievement are set and emphasis is placed on providing
All students are taught at an appropriate level. Bryndís agrees with this.„It is important to lay the foundation for literacy from
at a young age with an emphasis on those factors that research shows are crucial for
Our children's future learning. Let's learn and play with sounds teaches pronunciation.
sounds, phonological awareness and letters, trains phonological components, increases vocabulary and
conceptual understanding, as well as providing a model for sentence construction and many
the grammatical features of Icelandic“ says Bryndís Guðmundsdóttir, a speech and language therapist
and the project leader.