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¡Hola! Bonjour! Jambo! Hello! (for big kids)

Age Groups: Big Kids
Skills: Flexible Thinking, Memory

Instructions

  • Let’s learn how to say “Hello” in different languages!
  • Let’s read through a list of different "hellos" together: Hola (Spanish)! Bonjour (French)! Jambo (Swahili)! Shalom (Hebrew)! Guten Tag (German)! Ni Hao (Chinese)! Ciao (Italian)! Privet (Russian)! Vaṇakkam (Tamil)! Hallo (Dutch)!
  • Let’s try to pronounce the word for hello in each language. Let’s try to remember the word for “hello” in as many languages as we can. We can make it a contest!

Vocabulary

  • Language: an organized system of spoken words
  • Greet: to say hello