We are delighted to invite families to have a COFFEE, CAKE & PLAY time with us!

We are delighted to invite families to have a COFFEE, CAKE & PLAY time with us!
We are delighted to invite families to have a COFFEE, CAKE & PLAY time with us!
We are delighted to invite families to have a COFFEE, CAKE & PLAY time with us!
On April 5th from 10 to 11.30 we will meet at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre in Tallaght for our first Bilingual Families Meet Up in South County Dublin.
Our bilingual families meet up are an opportunities for families to get to know each other and talk to experts about bilingualism. If you have a question, a concern, or you would just like to share your story or hear other people’s stories, this meet up is for you! Our meetings are very informal, and children are always welcome.
To celebrate our first Bilingual Families Meet Up at Rua Red we will offer a free Language Explorers Workshop for bilingual children. Children will learn about the sounds and words from many different languages, and they will play fun language games. The workshop is designed for 5-10 year olds, but children of all ages are welcome to join the families meet up.
Entry 3 Euro per family. No booking required.
Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre is served by the Red Luas – see map
Starting on 1st March 2018, every first Thursday of the month our bilingual and multilingual families meet up will be held in Tallaght too!
So now you have two options: one Saturday per month at the Outhouse (Dublin 1) or in Tallaght, every first Thursday of the month 10 – 11.30 AM, Green Room, Rua Red Gallery.
Entrance 3€ per family.
For more info email Claudia: claudia@mothertongues.ie
On Saturday 18th November we presented our project “Bilingual and Multilingual families network meetings” at the annual conference of IRAAL – the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics – at the University of Limerick. Read more
For our third meeting of bilingual families, we were delighted to have Bláthnaid ní Ghréacháin as our special guest.
Since 2006, she has been the CEO of Gaeloideachas (formerly Gaelscoileanna) whose remit is to provide support and advocacy on Irish-medium education. Read more
During our second gathering of bilingual and multilingual families, we had two special guests, Aline and Cintia, who are involved in the running of AMBI, the Associação das Mães Brasileiras na Irlanda. AMBI is an organisation that has been running for many years, providing a space for Brazilian families to socialise and to transmit their language and culture to their children. Our speakers talked about the activities run by AMBI for young children, and about their future plans to teach the language to primary school children. They also described their experiences as parents of bilingual children. They reminded us how important it is for parents to persist in speaking their language to their children, and they explained the key role a community and voluntary organisation such as AMBI had on their early experiences as new parents in a foreign country. Groups such as AMBI can be extremely valuable for new parents who feel the need of support, and they can help newcomers feel at home and integrate into Irish society, while maintaining the link with their language and culture. To find out more about AMBI’s work, visit https://www.facebook.com/ambiirlanda/
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