Irish for Parents

Irish for Parents

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜!
Whether you have a cรบpla focal, haven’t spoken Irish since school, or are starting from scratch, a new online resource is making it easier for families to bring more Irish into everyday life.
๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ (๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟรญ) is a new online hub launched by Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton to help parents and guardians support their children’s learning and use of Irish at home.
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ?
  • The website brings together practical resources for families of all language abilities, including:
  • Everyday Irish phrases you can use at home
  • Songs, rhymes and activities to enjoy together
  • Resources to help with Irish homework
  • Audio and pronunciation supports to build confidence
  • Games, videos and interactive learning resources
  • Simple ways to practise Irish during car journeys, bedtime and everyday routines
๐Ÿ’™ ๐—” ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†!
The resource is designed for families across all educational settings, including English-medium schools, Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools.
You don’t need to know all the answers or speak perfect Irish. Even introducing a few words and phrases into everyday conversations can help children become more familiar with the language.
Developed by ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€, with support from ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ด๐—ฒ and funding from the ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต, the hub aims to make learning Irish together more accessible, enjoyable and part of family life.
๐Ÿ”— ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: