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الثُّلُث – Thuluth: Geometric Scrabble with Arabic Word Roots

الثُّلُث – Thuluth: Geometric Scrabble with Arabic Word Roots

Thuluth is an innovative, mosaic-inspired board game designed to enrich Arabic vocabulary and engage learners with the structural beauty of the Arabic language. The name Thuluth (الثلث), referring to the common three-letter root system in Arabic and to a classical cursive calligraphic style, reflects the game’s dual foundation in language and art. The game combines visual creativity, logic, and linguistic exploration and is suitable for players of all proficiency levels—from absolute beginners to native speakers. The game is played by filling a triangular board with Arabic letters, creating meaningful three-letter roots in every triangular cluster. Players earn points for each valid root, encouraging quick thinking, word analysis, and playful competition.

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Art and Fashion – The Wawel Heads

Art and Fashion – The Wawel Heads

Museum visits are an excellent way to combine heritage language teaching and art. But what if no interesting museums are nearby? Here, virtual museums are a good alternative. In this workshop we aim to show how freely available online resources published by museums can be used for a wide variety of art-based learning activities.

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Reading Yoga

Reading Yoga

Reading Yoga is an engaging, movement-based storytelling activity that uses a children’s book to support language development. It is designed to bring together multilingual families in a playful and culturally resonant setting.

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Sensorial Writing

Sensorial Writing

This activity encourages preschool children to use familiar language, learn new words, and engage in playful, creative writing exercises using sensory materials, with or without the involvement of their parents. It transforms vocabulary learning into a hands-on, memorable experience that sparks imagination and curiosity.

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Fold, Snip, Paste! – The Art of Polish Paper Cuts

Fold, Snip, Paste! – The Art of Polish Paper Cuts

Paper cuts are a long-standing tradition of Polish peasant culture. The best-known, from Kurpie and Łowicz, were cut with sheep shears. They range from simple to intricate designs, from single-colour cuts to collages and illustrated stories and have been used to decorate walls and windows. This makes them a perfect means to combine a creative activity with heritage language learning.

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Exploring Word Fields Through Calligrams

Exploring Word Fields Through Calligrams

In this method, calligrams (or picture poems) serve as an inspiration for exploring word fields centred on common terms, such as the name of animals. Learners are asked to fill a silhouette with words and phrases related to the image, thereby enriching their vocabulary in the heritage language.

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