Hi everyone! Welcome to our fun story time! Are you ready to learn something new today? Let’s read a book called “Hello Around the World.” It’s all about how people say hello in different places. Let’s start our adventure!
Hello! I’m Gina. I have friends all over the world, and they say hello in special ways. Let’s meet them!
Hi! I’m Tony. I live in the USA, and we say hello in English.
Hi! I’m Nina. I live in China, and we say ni hao in Mandarin.
Hi! I’m Louise. I live in France, and we say bonjour in French.
Hi! I’m Yuki. I live in Japan, and we say konnichiwa in Japanese.
Hi! I’m June. I live in Korea, and we say annyeong in Korean.
Hi! I’m Isabella. I live in Italy, and we say ciao in Italian.
Hi! I’m Matheus. I live in Germany, and we say hallo in German.
Hi! I’m Mariana. I live in Spain, and we say hola in Spanish.
Hi! I’m S. I live in the UAE, and we say marhaba in Arabic.
Hi! I’m Maya. I live in India, and we say namaste in Hindi.
Hi! I’m Min. I live in Vietnam, and we say xin chào in Vietnamese.
Hi! I’m Ang. I live in Thailand, and we say sawasdee in Thai.
Hi! I’m Sergey. I live in Russia, and we say privet in Russian.
Hi! I’m Zuberi. I live in Kenya, and we say jambo in Swahili.
Hi! I’m Clara. I live in Sweden, and we say hej in Swedish.
Hi! I’m Brendan. I live in Ireland, and we say dia dhuit in Irish.
Hi! I’m Kiri. I live in New Zealand, and we say kia ora in Māori.
Hi! I’m Yon. I live in Iceland, and we say halló in Icelandic.
Hi! I’m Alexandra. I live in Greece, and we say yasou in Greek.
Hi! I’m Noah. I live in Israel, and we say shalom in Hebrew.
Wow! We traveled all around the world and learned so many ways to say hello! Each hello is like opening a new door to make friends. Thank you for joining this amazing adventure with us!
We hope you enjoyed learning how to say hello in different languages. Remember, every hello is special! Bye-bye for now!
Language Matching Game: Create a set of cards with the word “hello” in different languages on one side and the corresponding country flag on the other. Mix them up and let the children match the word with the correct flag. This will help them remember how to say hello in different languages and associate it with the respective country.
World Map Adventure: Provide a large world map and small stickers. Ask the children to place a sticker on the country each time they learn a new way to say hello. Encourage them to say the greeting out loud as they place the sticker. This activity will help them visualize where each language is spoken and reinforce their learning through repetition.
Role-Playing Friends: Have the children pair up and pretend to be friends from different countries. Each child can choose a country and greet their partner using the appropriate hello from that country. Encourage them to switch roles and try greetings from multiple countries. This role-playing activity will make learning interactive and fun, helping them remember the greetings better.
Sure! Here’s a sanitized version of the transcript:
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Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Storytime Family. How’s everyone doing today? Did you learn a lot of new things at school? Are you ready to sit down and read a book with us? Today we have a book called “Hello Around the World,” part of the Window to the World series. Let’s get started, shall we?
Hello! I’m Gina. All around this wonderful world, I have friends who greet each other in special ways. Let’s learn how they say hello!
Hi! I’m Tony. I live in the USA, where we mostly speak English. We say hello.
Hi! I’m Nina. I live in China, where we speak Mandarin. We say ni hao.
Hi! I’m Louise. I live in France, where we speak French. We say bonjour.
Hi! I’m Yuki. I live in Japan, where we speak Japanese. We say konnichiwa.
Hi! I’m June. I live in Korea, where we speak Korean. We say annyeong.
Hi! I’m Isabella. I live in Italy, where we speak Italian. We say ciao.
Hi! I’m Matheus. I live in Germany, where we speak German. We say hallo.
Hi! I’m Mariana. I live in Spain, where we speak Spanish. We say hola.
Hi! I’m S. I live in the UAE, where we speak Arabic. We say marhaba.
Hi! I’m Maya. I live in India, where we speak Hindi. We say namaste.
Hi! I’m Min. I live in Vietnam, where we speak Vietnamese. We say xin chào.
Hi! I’m Ang. I live in Thailand, where we speak Thai. We say sawasdee.
Hi! I’m Sergey. I live in Russia, where we speak Russian. We say privet.
Hi! I’m Zuberi. I live in Kenya, where we speak Swahili. We say jambo.
Hi! I’m Clara. I live in Sweden, where we speak Swedish. We say hej.
Hi! I’m Brendan. I live in Ireland, where we speak Irish. We say dia dhuit.
Hi! I’m Kiri. I live in New Zealand, where some of us speak Māori. We say kia ora.
Hi! I’m Yon. I live in Iceland, where we speak Icelandic. We say halló.
Hi! I’m Alexandra. I live in Greece, where some of us speak Greek. We say yasou.
Hi! I’m Noah. I live in Israel, where we speak Hebrew. We say shalom.
Wow! What a wonderful trip around the world! It was so special. Every greeting is a doorway to a new friendship. Thanks for joining me on this amazing adventure! That was “Hello Around the World.” I hope you enjoyed saying hello in different languages.
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Bye-bye!
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