Àireamhan 1

This week we learned about numbers and counting up to ten. The Gaelic for number is Àireamh (ar-iv) and for numbers is Àireamhan (ar-iv-an)

The numbers are:

Aon, dhà, trì, ceithir, còig, sia, seachd, ochd, naoi, deich 

If you are looking for help in how to pronounce these then have a look at the clip here.

At craft time we made pictures of carrots with different numbers of leaves on them. The Gaelic for carrot is curran (coo-ran) and for carrots is curranan (coo-ran-an)

We had two songs to sing at circle time relating to numbers. The first of these was ‘Aon, dhà, trì ‘s toil leam fhìn tì’

Aon, dhà, trì, ‘s toil leam fhìn tì,

(One, two three, I like tea)

‘S toil leam fhìn, ‘s toil leam fhìn 

(I like, I like)

Briosgaid agus tì.

(A biscuit and tea)

Ceithir, còig, sia, sia anns a’ chidsin

(Four, five, six, six in the kitchen)

Ag òl cupa tì

(Drinking a cup of tea)

Tì agus briosgaid

(Tea and a biscuit)

Our second song was one that we sing often, ‘Còig Tunnagan Beaga’. If you want to listen to a version of this one you can hear it here  The tune that this clip sings it to is slightly different from the one we sing at Cròileagan but at least you can hear the pronounciation of the words in it if you need help with them.

Finally, you can download a copy of our handout for this week you can find one here.