During this year´s summer session in Sauðárkrókur, Guðrún H. Bjarnadóttir will be the children’s circle coordinator. She is a current teacher at the University of Akureyri and holds a position as an artist at Dyngjan – art gallery. Guðrún has planned a very exiting schedule which she describes as a project built on cultural legacy with action, lectures and discussion, where the main goal is to connect the modern times to the past. Guðrún will be teaching the children how to weave and spin and educate them about the importance of the Icelandic sheep for Icelandic culture. The children will take field trips to the forest in Sauðárkókur, known as Litli-Skógur (Small-Forest) and the sands of Sauðárkrókur, to name a few.

Hlíf Sumarrós will be the co-leader of the children’s circle at this year’s summer session. She is a kindergarten teacher and lives in Sauðárkrókur with her husband and child, so she is one of the locals in our team.

I Norige seger dom;
Lat oss ikkje forfedrene glöyma
Gjennom alt som me vender og snu
For dei gav oss ein arv til å gjöyma
som er större enn mange vil tru.

Men i Island;
Að fortíð skal hyggja, ef frumlegt skal byggja, án fræðslu þess liðna sést ei hvað er nýtt.

Med detta i tanken jobbar vi med barnen på sommarlagret i Sauðárkrókur.
Vi skal se på vad fåret har betytt får Island. Vi spinner ull, bygger vevstol och vever, fletar rep,
leker med ben och får råd från völvan.