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Final thoughts
What would Alan like readers to take away from Lads?
  1. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  10. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  11. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  14. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  15. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  18. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
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