Scots an Weans: a fun session of story and song and Scots
A storytelling session for weans, bairnies and babbies! Exploring and celebrating the sounds and joy of Scotland’s languages with wee ones.
About Scots an Weans: a fun session of story and song and Scots
Open to anyone from birth to 5, along with their carers and big siblings – this will be a fun and silly session of stories, songs and movement using Scots, and other languages too. No Scots knowledge necessary, but if you’ve ever clapped a doag, or come ben the hoose, or got aw clarty in the dubs, mibbe this wuid be fun fir you an aw!
The event will be led by Ishbel McFarlane, and brings together her research on Scots language and Early Years at the Village.
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