Gaeilge for Parents
Useful Sites for Supporting your Child at Home: Ag Tacú le do Leanbh sa Bhaile
Abair Liom E our shared reading scheme has online resources available from the Folens Website. There is a wide variety of useful vocabulary and sound clips to help with pronunciation. The link is:
http://www.folensonline.ie/registration/?r=p
Click on Students – Register- Primary School and it will re-direct you to a parents register.
If your Irish is rusty or non-existent, here are some websites which may be of help to you:
- Is Féidir Liom http://www.isfeidirliom.ie/
- Éasca Péasca http://www.eascapeasca.com/index.php
- The ‘Easy Irish’ site http://www.easyirish.com/
- Ríomhchainteoir http://www.abair.tcd.ie/?page=synthesis&lang=eng
If you have an i-pad or android tablet, the following apps are easy to use for both parents and children:
- The Duolingo app now grown to include Irish. Specially designed to slowly introduce the user to the language through listening, reading and writing, the app is easy to use and adapts to the pace of the learner.
- Cúla Caint: Cúla4 is the young people’s service on TG4. This App brings you over 100 fun Irish language words and images for pre-school kids or learners. The words include Weather, Animals, Vehicles, and Parts of the Body.
Le gach dea-ghuí,
Mrs Stokes 🙂