Junior Scrabble - Leagan Gaeilge

Scrabble do leanaí

Cé go bhfuil Daidí na Nollag imithe leis is léir go bhfuil cuid féiríní ar fáil fiú i Mí Eanáir! D'fhógair Glór na nGael an tseachtain seo ceann de na cluichí is spéisiúla fós do pháistí Gaeilge nuair a nochtadh an chéad chóip de 'Junior Scrabble - Puzal Ollmhór Urláir do Leanaí'.

Is comhthionscnamh Junior Scrabble idir Glór na nGael agus An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta. (COGG) agus beidh cóipeanna den chluiche ar fáil in am do Sheachtain na Gaeilge.

Agus é ag cur fáilte roimh an gcluiche nua dúirt Lorcán Mac Gabhann, Ceannasaí Glór na nGael, gur 'céim chun cinn í seo i normalú na Gaeilge. Is é atá i Junior Scrabble ná cluiche míreanna mearaí, móide cluiche foghlamtha litrithe, móide cluichí meaitseála focal (péirí, nithe beo). Cuideoidh cluiche mar seo le teaghlaigh atá ag tógáil a bpáistí le Gaeilge, ar ndóigh ach is áis í chomh maith do theaghlaigh ar mhaith leo cluichí nua a imirt lena bpáistí'.

Dúirt Muireann Ní Mhóráin Príomhfheidhmeannach COGG, go mbeidh an cluiche an-úsáideach sna naíonáin agus bunranganna ní amháin i nGaelscoileanna agus i scoileanna Gaeltachta ach i scoileanna Béarla fosta. 'Tá an cluiche seo inchurtha i ngach caoi lena macasamhail i dteangacha eile agus táimid ag súil go mór leis an gcluiche a fheiceáil in úsáid mar uirlis sealbhaithe na Gaeilge'.

Scrabble for children - in Irish
Santa has been and gone but it appears that there are still some presents available, even in January. This week Glór na nGael announced the arrival of the first copies of 'Junior Scrabble - Puzal Ollmhór Urláir do Leanaí' - the Irish language version of the hugely popular Junior Scrabble - Giant floor puzzle for children'.

The game has been developed as a joint project between Glór na nGael and the educational body, COGG, (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta) and the game will be widely available in time for this years Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Welcoming the news, Glór na nGael chief Lorcán Mac Gabhann said that 'this is a step forward in normalising the language. Junior Scrabble is a jigsaw, an educational spelling toy, and a word and pair search all combined. This game will be a resource for families who are raising children through Irish but it will also be used by families who are searching for new games to play with their children'.

Muireann Ní Mhóráin, CEO of COGG said the game would be used in school classrooms for younger children not only in Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools but in English language schools as well. 'This game has been produced to the highest standards and is on a par with the same game in other languages. We are looking forward to seeing it in use as an aid to language acquisition'.