Getting kids up to speed with Irish before moving back

[Greengrotbag]

I'm hoping to move home to Ireland in the next year or so. My children are 10 and 8. I'm not sure if they'll be obliged to study Irish, but assuming they are, how can I get them up to speed. Or at least give them a start? Any books or online recommendations please? Thinking of maybe online tutoring via zoom. I studied it myself but I'm not sure where to start. Thanks

Babbel is pretty good for languages. It will at least help them get used to the pronunciation.

I think the 8 year old will be but the 10 year old won't, unless it's changed recently. Can you find a tutor in the area you're moving to and arrange zoom tutoring?

Clearly I should've read the post properly, you already mentioned zoom tutoring. I think that's the best way to do it, it's most similar to learning in a classroom.

I don’t think they’ll be exempt, as they’re both under 12.

Would you have the confidence to practice some basic oral questions and answers with them? There’s a huge emphasis on this in all classes and it will give them a good start. These kind of phrases get practiced a lot, often as a warm up to the main lesson.

Dia duit
Dia is Muire duit

conas atá tú
tá mé go maith

Cén aois thú?
Tá mé ocht mbliana d’aois/ tà mé deich mbliana d’aois

Cá bhfuil tú I do chonaí?
Tá mé i mo chonaí i ...

An bhfuil deartharacha nó deirfiúracha agat?
Tá deirfiúr amhain agam
Tá dearthar amhain agam

Cad ba mhaith leat a ithe don dinnéar?
Is maith liom ispiní agus sceallóga*

We tried duo lingo over lockdown and one of mine got on well with it but the other’s head was wrecked! I’d probably go with a real person via zoom tutor rather than an app.

Thanks. I did it for the Leaving Cert but imparting it to my kids is another story! Will look into zoom. I'm hoping to get some books, I'd hope they'd be given time to catch up.

Our school uses the Abair Liom series. It tends to follow the same topics year on year, but at a higher level. If you know what school the dc might end up in you could check what program they follow.

In lockdown I took ds (now 6th class) back through the 1st class curriculum to drum in the basics as he was a bit lost. The publishers websites usually have links to extra resources and games but I think you might need to buy the actual books to access the links.

Schooliseasy.com is a tutor service. I haven’t used them, but I’m considering getting ds some extra help and I saw their ad recently. They do online tuition.

Thanks Lego, that is really helpful

www.seideansi.ie/ this site has games in Irish. Might be a little childish though at their age.

futafata.ie/ This company has books/cds in Irish and is used as a resource by a lot of gaelscoils.

I wouldn’t bother. I took mine out and they do extra Maths instead.