There are four animated stories in Y Goeden Greu. Click on the tree to go to the stories.
Mami Wata
This story is based on the traditional African legend of Mami Wata, the brave river spirit, who rescues a village from a terrible monster. It is full of rich descriptions and dialogue. It is a good example of how to structure an imaginative story.
Jîni y Darten Geirios (Cherry Pie Genie)
This is a modern story about a boy called Math who imagines that a genie rises from his hot cherry pie and does all sorts of favours for him. It is a story about a child's imagination and the important people in his life. It is full of rich descriptions and dialogue. It's a good example of how children can create their own imaginative stories.
Jac Do (Jackdaw)
Find out what happens when Jac Do goes to live in the pigeon loft. The story deals with racism and gives children the opportunity to look at the world from a different standpoint. There are two different endings and you can choose which one you like best.
Chwilio am yr Haul (Looking for the Sun)
Join Gwibiwr, Llamwr and their friends to find out what happens when the sun goes missing. This is a story about little creatures that live on the beach and it looks at the world through their eyes. This is a good example of how children can create their own personal stories. There are two different endings and you can choose which one you like best.
Activities
Watch a story
Watch the story with or without accompanying text. Click on the book icon if you want to see text alongside the pictures and audio.
Read a story
Read the story at a speed that suits you. The text appears side by side with the animation.
Sequence a story
Test your listening and comprehension skills by placing pictures in the right sequence before completing sentences based on the story.
Level 1
Click on the pictures from the story and place them on the right order.
Level 2
Complete 5 or 9 sentences so that they correspond with pictures from the story.
Change a story
Create a title, by choosing a character and a location from the options offered, then start writing.
There are four templates to choose from. They vary according to how much text you want to write and how much help you want.
One of the characters will help you by asking the following questions:
• Who is in your story?
• Where does your story happen?
• What happens in your story?
• How does your story end?
After you've finished writing, you can add pictures to each page of your story.
Create a story
Write and illustrate a story about characters and objects from the story you have just read. There are two levels.
