Gaeilge for Parents

Léigh sa Bhaile our shared reading scheme has online resources available from CJFallon’s website.

http://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources

Tick the boxes for the appropriate book level to access a recording of each night’s reading.

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If your Irish is rusty or non-existent here is a free online course that covers the basics…

Is Féidir Liom http://www.isfeidirliom.ie/

Éasca Péasca http://www.eascapeasca.com/index.php is another good site where you can learn Irish at your own pace while speaking it with your children

http://www.abair.tcd.ie/?page=synthesis&lang=eng ‘Ríomhchainteoir’ turns Irish text into speech – useful in helping to pronounce those tricky words sna leabhair léitheoireachta.

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Tips for parents taken from the website of The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.

Their aim is to help you and your child with his\her early schooling and helping your young child to read and write.

Since your child was born you have been teaching him or her to communicate. By speaking and listening to your child, by talking and reading to him or her, by pointing out words and notices at home or out and about, you have introduced your child to the world of language – spoken and written.

Through playing with your child, he or she learns new words, and learns to think and to talk about his or her thoughts and feelings. For example, pretending to be a nurse or a shopkeeper, scribbling on re-cycled paper, or looking at and talking about picture books, all help your child to speak, to listen, to read and to write. Even when your child starts school, you continue to have a key role in helping him or her