We live in Dublin 7 and have a German speaking 8 year old daughter. What is the age range of the children in your German playgroup ?

Start-up of an open PLAYGROUP for German speaking children
Wednesday, 9th December 2009
and 6th January 2010
from 4pm
CABRA LIBRARY

further dates to be arranged, watch this space!

Hi
I am looking for a French pre-school group or creche or playschool in south dublin. Can anyone help?
I'm Irish, my husband is French and my daughter will attend French primary school but in advance of that I'd love her to have some more French input.

thanks!
grainne

Hi,
what is the age range of the children in the german playgroup?
Are you still meeting in Cabra library?
Thanks,
Christina

Hi theres a new spanish play group on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:30 to 12:30pm on P.A.R.C near Pearse Station, the website is http://www.spanishtoddlergroup.webs.com/

Hi
I am an Irish mother of a half Thai child. We have just moved back to Ireland from Thailand. I'm looking for some other Thai families for my daughter to mix with so that she will know her culture and keep up her Thai language. We live in Dublin if any one has any suggestions....

Thanks
Sarah.

Yafa, I would be very much interested in a German Speaking playgroup in Cork. Dont' know how to contact you.

Yafa, I'd be interested in cork meetings as well, not sure how to contact you?

Hi Vicky,

I am Irish and my partner is Argentine. It would be great to bring my son along to a spanish playgroup. He is just 3 weeks old however so I would be looking at attending in a few months time. How do I get info from you as to when and where the playgroup takes place?
Regards
Liz

Hi Vicky/Liz

I am Argentinean, my husband is Irish and i would like to bring my daugther to the playgroup for spanish speaking kids, she is 3. I am in Dublin 8.

Hi Eva

No luck yet! I know the alliance do classes in town but I'd love something less structured. Any luck your end??
Grainne

I am interested in meeting up with Flemish/Dutch speaking children. I am Irish and my husband is Flemish. Our daughter used to be fluent in both English and Flemish but has been losing her Flemish since we moved back to Cork 2 years ago. We would also like to continue the Sinterklaas tradition so if anyone would like to get together to celebrate this please contact me.

Hi Mieke,
I'm a German mother to a 19 month old girl and expecting our second in a few weeks' time, so I'm looking to join a German playgroup with my toddler for her to make friends and use her German with other kids. Is your playgroup still on? If so, I'd love to join and get updates on the next meeting.
I'm in Artane myself, so I'd also love to hear from other bilingual mums in the area.
Cheers,
Julia

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Hi, We're moving to Dublin from Berlin at the end of this month - I'm Irish and my husband is German. My daugther will be 3 in August and speaks German and English and my son is 14 months. I am really anxious for them to keep up their German. Is there anyone with children of a similar age who would like to meet up? Or is there a German playgroup for their age? We'll be in Dublin 6 but don't mind meeting up wherever is convenient. Thanks! Tonia

I'm a german who would like to meet others who want to raise their children bilingual...I live in Meath...anyone else out there?

Hi my baby is 13 months im ITALIAN and my husband is irish, we've both very committed in raising our child bilingual but would really love to set up a play group to develop the use of italian through play

Hi,

I'm so sorry I haven't been in touch. Don't know where the time went since the start of the year. My little one was teething non-stop - no sleep for me!
The German playgroup went a bit patchy, we met up in each others homes from May to Summer because the room in the library just seemed a bit big for us few. Over the holidays most of us were in Germany or somewhere...
I want to try to get it going again,as there seemed to be more interest. My mobile no. is 086-0847425. Please get in touch if you are interested.

For those on the Southside or with cars, I think there is a German playgroup Saturdays at the Lutheran Church in Adelaide Rd as well.

Hi,

I am looking for German speaking families in the Limerick/South Clare area. Maybe someone has set up a playgroup or is interested in one? I am German, hubby Irish, with 2 girls aged 3 and 1.

Hi Iseult,

where do you live?

Sandra

Hi Iseult,
we live in Clonlara, Co clare. So we're onthe other side of the country :(. But there are other Germans in Dublin (see top of this thread). You can also try the discussions/chat forums on rollercoaster. I find a bit harder to locate people in our area...
However, went to th eplayrgound yesterday and heard someone speaking German so we had a chat and exchanged phone numbers. Another way to meet people ;-)

Sandra

Great Bozena! I'm glad you did it! I was thinking about doing the same myslef. I will certainly join you! Best of luck!

Hello Cork,
I am Spanish and have a 9 months old baby.It looks like there are many playgroups in Dublin. I wonder if there are any people interested in a spanish playgroup in Cork or there is any existing playgroup. Please email me at: yolialai@hotmail.com

Hi Eva/Grainne

How did you get on? My son is 2 this month and I am due my 2nd child in Feb, we are hoping to move to France next year and I'd love to expose my son to some french culture in the new year, I am south dublin based? Keep me updated as will I you

Jo

Hello Everyone,

i`m interested in organising playgroup for russian/english speaking kids. Midlands or Dublin Area. Is anyone here who might be interested to join it?

Thanks,

Lola

Hallihallo,
Am Freitag, dem 3.12. treffen sich Muetter von deutsch/irischen kids von 15h in der ILAC library.
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Bis Freitag
Mieke

Hello,

I will be arriving to dublin in March with my son who will be 2 1/2 yrs. I am very much interested in finding Russian / english speaking children for my son to play with and communicate with.

If interested, please contact me at tashamcd01@gmail.com

Many Thanks
Natasha

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I am interested in the Spanish speaking toddler group in South Dublin.

Hallo Ulrike,

firstly, all the best for the new baby.

Where do you live? I am looking for a German playgroup around Limerick/South Clare.

All the best,
Sandra

Hi ,
We have a toddler , 3 y.o. and would love to find a class for him to learn a foreign language like german or swedish or danish, etc. Anybody know of a place who teach toddlers languages?? we are in Dublin 5 . We don't mind travelling on the northside of dublin

Hi there, I am looking for a Dutch playgroup for my almost 3 year old son. His father is Dutch and is the only one who speaks Dutch to him so he understands eveyrthing but rarely speaks Dutch. We are in the Malahide area.

Thanks Siobhán

cork midleton area
Is there a german kids playgroup or meeting place?!

Hi, I'm from Argentina with two kids, a girl 3 and a boy 1 1/2. Any spanish playgroup in north Dublin?
Gracias!!!!!

Naas - Newbridge area anyone?? My daughter is 20 months old, I am German and would love to meet or open a German toddler group! Dublin ist mir leider doch zu weit, um jede Woche hinzufahren... Schoen Gruesse

Hi! We are proud to announce the launch of a Spanish Toddler Group (Parents & 0-5 year old children) in Dublin City Centre:

Wednesdays 10:30-12:30
Pearse Area Recreation Centre (P.A.R.C.)
Dublin 2 (near DART Pearse Station)

Since we'll have to pay for rent and insurance, we'll be obliged to charge 3 euro per family.


First Day: 9th November 2011
www.spanishtoddlergroup.webs.com
spanishtoddlergroup@gmail.com

Grupo de español para padres y niños (0 a 6 años)
Estamos creando un espacio para motivar a nuestros hijos a que hablen español. Por eso creemos importante ofrecerles un lugar donde desarrollar nuestra cultura y así fomentar su capacidad de ser bilingües.
Ven y propone actividades, juegos y canciones de tu país que ayuden a construir una parte importante de su identidad.
Nuestro primer encuentro será el jueves 17 de noviembre de 14:30 a 16 hs en la biblioteca de Coolock ( Coolock library: http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/libraries/FindALibrary/Pages/coolock_library.aspx). Es totalmente gratuito y hay lugar gratis para aparcar.
Por cualquier consulta comunicarse con Patricia (patrijazz@yahoo.com.ar) o Vanessa (vanefinger@yahoo.com.ar)
Gracias y por favor difundan la información.

Ha empezado a funcionar un club de juegos gratuito para niños hispanoparlantes (y sus padres o cuidadores) de todas las edades, el cual tiene lugar los viernes de 15 a 16:30 horas en la biblioteca pública de Charleville Mall, en North Strand (Dublin 1), a 10 minutos andando desde la estación de tren de Connolly.

Todo el mundo es bienvenido. Les invito a pasearse por la página:
www.spanishafterschoolclub.webs.com

Hola vivo en Cork y hablo español y me gustaria que mi hija de tres años pudiese practicar con mas niños de su edad.