Homeschooling

[akerbeltz]

It does exist. The family what used to live on the ground floor (here in Glasgow) had home schooled their kids through most of primary and secondary. You basically follow the general curriculum but get taught by your parents. Don't know how they handled the Highers and stuff but that's essentially what happened.

[Gràisg]

Yes, I know a family that homeschooled their son, there are a quite a few hoops to jump through and of course you need the time. Some Gaelic was part of the home curriculum for both mother and son

[Lìosa]

We've done a little Gaelic...watched some Can Seo and Speaking Our Language. My son knows some simple greetings and responses. Of course, he has no opportunity to use it here in any real capacity except almost as a "code"...I can call him down in public without people really knowing that I'm doing so. It also comes in handy when we're out shopping and somebody comes up to me talking like they know me and I have no idea who they are (I play flute at my relatively large church, so a lot of people "know" who I am, but I've never actually met them). My son has the habit of NOT waiting until after they're out of earshot before asking, "Who's that?", so I'll just smile and say sweetly, "Chan eil fhios agam." He understands that, and no one's the wiser!

I teach a history class at our homeschool co-op (sort of like school one day a week where we teach each other's children), and we've got 2 Scotland-emphasis lessons coming up in the next couple of months -- one on Macbeth and another on William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. I'm hoping to somehow fit some Gaelic into one of those lessons.

And I'm hoping this thread doesn't turn into a debate about homeschooling...that was never my intention.

[Níall Beag]

And I'm hoping this thread doesn't turn into a debate about homeschooling...that was never my intention.

Don't worry -- it's not a contentious subject over here. I've seen debates on it from your side of the water... interesting....

[Fear na coille]

Here's a great Uallas Story in Gaelic perhaps you could use in your class:
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ionns ... dh/uu.html

Tha mi'n dochas gum bith e cordadh rium

Note: it has many older spellings, and also uses the acute.

[akerbeltz]

No worries, this isn't even contentious debating... we had some good flame wars in our time

I thought I'd look up the Irish, and it turns out they use the sgoil root too, it's called scolaíocht bhaile. Yes, I know, different language but close enough to peek. I was just curious to see because in Irish, oideas and oilean in particular are still in active use. ... sgoil-bhaile would work in Gaelic too I guess.

So you have a wide choice but if terminology is not your primary concern but rather explaining what you do, then I'd go with the descriptive approach that has been suggested i.e. tha mi teagasg clann aig an taigh or something.