Friday 20 September 2019

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.










Friday 13 September 2019

Dathan 2

This week we continued learning about colours.

At craft time we made clouds and rainbows, using that good old Cròileagan favourite - paper plates!



Our vocabulary was the same as last week:

Dè an dath a tha seo? - What colour is this?

Dearg - Red

Buidhe - Yellow

Gorm - Blue

Uaine - Green

Donn - Brown

Purpaidh - Purple

Glas - Grey

Orains - Orange

Dubh - Black

Pinc - Pink

If you need help with the pronounciation of these you can watch a clip here to help you out.

We also sang the same song as last week at circle time -  Dathan aig a bhogha-fhrois (Colours of the rainbow)


Our handouts are available to download here if you would like your own copy but weren’t at Cròileagan this week.





Wednesday 4 September 2019

Dathan

We’ve had lots of new families starting at Cròileagan since the start of term so we’ve decided to go back to basics for a few weeks.

Starting off with dathan (colours) this week.

Our vocabulary was:

Dè an dath a tha seo? - What colour is this?

Dearg - Red

Buidhe - Yellow

Gorm - Blue

Uaine - Green

Donn - Brown

Purpaidh - Purple

Glas - Grey

Orains - Orange

Dubh - Black

Pinc - Pink

You can find a clip showing you how to pronounce these colours here.


For craft we coloured in some little pictures with the correct colours.


Our song was Dathan aig a Bhogha-Fhrois, which is sung to the same tune as the English Colours of the Rainbow song.



If you missed our sessions this week and would like to get a copy of our handout for yourself then you can do so here.


We’ll be looking at colours again next week so plenty time to practise those pronounciations!