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Hello Around The World

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Hello Around The World Lyrics

New Zealand:
Hello, hello everybody (x2), hello
Maori:
Kia ora, kia ora tatou (x2), kia ora
Chinese:
Ni hao, ni hao pengyou (x2), ni hao
American:
Hi there, hi there buddy (x2), hi there
African:
More, goeie more, goeie more (x2), almal
Dutch:
Hallo, hallo beste vriendjes (x2), hallo
Australian:
G 'day, g 'day old mate (x2), g 'day
Fijian:
Bula, bula vinaka (x2), bula
French:
Bonjour, bonjour mes amis (x2), bonjour
Japanese:
Konnichiwa, dozo yoroshiku (x2), konnichiwa
Samoan:
Talofa, talofa tamaiti (x2), talofa
Indian (Hindi):
Namaste, namaste bachai (x2), namaste!

Hello Around The World Learning Activities

Music

  • Sing different greetings during roll call - can the children match your pitch and tone?
  • Singing name game - Children sit in a circle. Each child in turn sings his/her name to a tune of their choice e.g. my name is Tessa. All the other children echo back by singing e.g. your name is Tessa.
  • Challenge - invite individual children or small groups to sing and perform the song with the instrumental version.

Drama

  • Using gesture, speech or mime work with a partner to develop movement ideas relating to 'meeting and greeting. '

Social Studies

  • Explore how different cultures greet each other using gesture, speech and body language.

Literacy

  • Sing and read along to the YouTube song to achieve multi-sensory learning "Do it, see it, hear it!"

Print out the song PDF

  • Read the song lyrics - ask children a variety of questions.
  • Re-read the song lyrics and ask children to join in.
  • Recognise and use a variety of punctuation when reading. " " ! ? . ,
  • Look at print and conventions (bold, italics).
  • Talk about interesting/challenging words and discuss what they mean.
  • Word study - phonic knowledge, compound words, rhyming word, contractions etc.
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