Gaeilge home learning topics
Reading
Songs
Vocabulary
Reading
- Séideán Sí is a resource developed for Gaeilscoileanna. The following link gives access to their resources: https://www.seideansi.ie/aiseanna-eile.php
- We would suggest downloading the Dánta agus Amhráin and working on some of these.
- As this resource is for Irish language schools, we would suggest downloading material for Rang a Dó or Rang a hAon.
Songs
- Colaiste Lurgan have translated and performed many pop songs in Irish. The lyrics to these have been posted online by this site: https://songsinirish.com/artist/tg-lurgan/
- We suggest listening to some of these songs. Your child could try to learn one of the songs using the printed lyrics.
- The children can also listen to some traditional Irish songs at the following link: https://songsinirish.com/tags/children/
- Google “anam an amhráin”. They have produced beautiful animated videos to traditional Irish songs, which your child could watch and learn.
Vocabulary
- Use either Memrise or Duolingo to develop their Irish.
- 10 minutes a day work on those would be very beneficial.
- Twinkl has a list of high frequency Irish words.
- The list is the top 1-200 words. You could begin with the first 10 words and then reducing/increasing the amount of words per day according to your own child’s needs.
