Bookbug webinar: Sharing Gaelic and Scots songs and rhymes

Watch our Bookbug Beginners Ceilidh webinar with Kirsty Strachan, Fife Council's Gaelic Development Officer and established Gaelic & Scots Bookbug Session leader. This webinar will build your confidence introducing Gaelic and Scots as part of your Bookbug Session.

The webinar includes:

• Getting started with using Gaelic and Scots in your Bookbug Session
• Examples of Gaelic and Scots songs and rhymes
• Sharing simple Gaelic picture books
• Gaelic and Scots resources available from Scottish Book Trust and other organisations

This is a recording of a webinar that took place in November 2020.

Webinar timeline

• Start: Introduction
• 4.32: Gaelic and Scots support websites
• 10.10: Gaelic and Scots songs and rhymes
• 13.00: Hello song in Scots
• 14.34: Hello song in Gaelic
• 26.30: Using reflective lycra
• 34.15: Story books
• 50.50: Coorie doon and lullabies
• 57.50: Goodbye song in Gaelic
• 58.41: Scots and Gaelic resources
• 62.50: Q&A

References

Books

Published by Acair(this link will open in a new window), and shared with their kind permission

• Isean Beag Le Sgiath Bhriste(this link will open in a new window) by Bob Graham
• Aon Fhamh Dall le spaid a' dèanamh toll(this link will open in a new window) by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt
• Crac! Crac!(this link will open in a new window) by Cocoretto
• M' eudail air an iasg!(this link will open in a new window) by Lucy Cousins
• Oidhche Mhath Tractar(this link will open in a new window) by Michelle Robinson and Nick East
• An Ceapaire Sgreamhail(this link will open in a new window) by Gareth Edwards and Hannah Shaw

Scottish Book Trust support

• Use the Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library or Bookbug app for Gaelic and Scots songs and rhyme inspiration.
• Enjoy our Bookbug goes Gaelic and Scots for tots Bookbug Sessions plans
• Explore the other Gaelic and Scots content on our website.

Other support

• Gaelic4Parents(this link will open in a new window) (includes recordings of all the books included in the Gaelic Bookbug Bags)
• Learn Gaelic Dictionary (this link will open in a new window)
• Scots Hoose Sangs(this link will open in a new window)
• Scots Language Centre(this link will open in a new window)
• Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches(this link will open in a new window)