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National Geographic Kids - Kids Around the World

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National Geographic Kids - Kids Around the World

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This resource provides a kid-friendly exploration of countries around the world, their cultures, and traditions. Teachers can use it to introduce diverse cultures and foster discussions about similarities and differences.

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This platform offers free multicultural children's books from around the world. Teachers can use these stories to promote cultural understanding, and students can learn about different traditions and values through engaging narratives.

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The Global Storybooks Portal is designed specifically for teachers, parents, and community members around the world. It makes 40 selected stories from the African Storybook available in major national, immigrant and refugee languages of individual countries, regions, and groups.

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Little Passports offers subscription boxes designed for young learners, introducing them to different countries and cultures through activities, stories, and souvenirs. Teachers can use the materials to create an immersive multicultural experience in the classroom.

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Little Passports - Monthly educational gift subscriptions for kids

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Introduce your child to geography, science, world cultures, the arts and more with our monthly educational subscriptions for kids! Makes the perfect gift!

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PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays

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PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays

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PBS LearningMedia provides resources on holidays around the world. Teachers can use videos, lesson plans, and activities to teach students about different cultural celebrations.

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Winter Holiday Videos | Holidays | PBS LearningMedia

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Have you ever stopped to wonder why we wear Halloween costumes, celebrate Thanksgiving in November, or choose valentines in February? These familiar traditions have fascinating and sometimes surprising origins. Get to know the history and significance behind these U.S. holidays (and more!) with this new collection of resources.

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Kid World Citizen provides ideas and resources for cultural exchange activities for kids. Teachers can use these ideas to connect with other classrooms around the world.

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Activities to help kids learn about the world, geo-literacy, politics, maps skills, flags, weather, and more. Multicultural and geography lessons for children in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school.

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Hello, Bonjour, Hola, Ni Hao! Greetings in Different Languages

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Hello, Bonjour, Hola, Ni Hao! Greetings in Different Languages

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This resource offers simple greetings in various languages. It's a great way to teach kindergartners basic phrases, promoting an early interest in language diversity and fostering a sense of global connection.

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Whether traveling to another country, shopping at an international market, or meeting a new friend, learning to say hello in different languages is a great way to connect with others.

Exploring global languages is an important learning activity for children, and " Hello " is a great place to start!

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Languages Around the World

More than 7,000 languages are spoken today, but just 23 languages account for more than half the world's population.

The Top 10 most spoken languages (2022) are English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, French, Standard Arabic, Bengali, Russian, Portugues, and Urdu. -ethnologue.com

Hello in Different Languages Learning Activities

Print our FREE HELLO BOOKMARK with the lyrics to this song on one side and "Hello" in different languages on the other. Cut along the dotted lines and fold along the solid line. Fold, glue, color & SING with the video!

Say Hello! emphasizes the rich diversity of America's neighborhoods and provides a great introduction to the joy of language.

The Hello Atlas features more than 100 languages! Download the FREE APP to hear the phrases in the book, each recorded by a native speaker.

Print our FREE How to Say "HELLO" in Different Languages Memory & Matching Game

Have fun learning "Hello" in 20 languages! Just print and cut the cards for games that can be played all year long!
Children of the World Memory Game from Barefoot Books
Inspired by the popular sing-along title If You're Happy and You Know It!, this memory game utilizes one of the greatest attributes of the book-the adorable children from all over the world-to encourage memory and matching skills.

The object of the game is to match the boy and girl pairs according to the traditional dress, country name, and color featured on each card.

Related Post: Celebrate International Mother Language Day

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Teach Kids How to Say Hello in Different Languages Around the World

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Whether traveling to another country or meeting a new friend, learning how to say hello in different languages is a fun way to connect with others.

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Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators to promote diversity and inclusion in the classroom. Teachers can find lesson plans, activities, and articles to create an inclusive learning environment.

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Understanding how school discipline policies can contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline is essential for educators and families. Harsh punishments, automatic out-of-class time and police involvement for discipline can push young people out of classrooms and into the criminal legal system. But educators, parents and caregivers can help to change this harmful system by advocating for and implementing practices that prioritize mental health and well-being.

We offer this new resource page that highlights LFJ articles and content to open dialogue, shift practices and foster change to benefit all young people.

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Learning for Justice | Education Resources

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Learning for Justice provides free resources to educators-teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners-who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

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Teaching Tolerance provides free lesson plans that promote diversity and inclusion. These plans are suitable for kindergarten classrooms, covering various aspects of inclusivity.

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From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan-texts, student tasks and teaching strategies-our resources will help you bring relevance, rigor and social emotional learning into your classroom-all for FREE.

Not sure where to begin? Get to know our Social Justice Standards, anchor standards and age-appropriate learning outcomes divided into four domains-Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action. The Standards provide a common language and a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level.

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From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan-texts, student tasks and teaching strategies-our resources will help you bring relevance, rigor and social emotional learning into your classroom-all for FREE.

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Celebrating Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

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Celebrating Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

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Scholastic offers tips and strategies for celebrating cultural diversity in the classroom. Teachers can find practical ideas for incorporating diverse perspectives into daily lessons and activities.

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Scholastic | Books for Kids | Learning Resources

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Find the best kids books, learning resources, and educational solutions at Scholastic, promoting literacy development for over 100 years.

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Traditional Folktales from Around the World

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Traditional Folktales from Around the World

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A collection of folktales from different cultures, this resource can be used to introduce kindergartners to diverse storytelling traditions. Reading folktales helps children appreciate cultural differences while discovering common themes and values.

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Welcome to World of Tales!

Step into the wondrous world of fairy tales!

Whether a student, a parent or a teacher, here you can take a magical journey, filled with adventure, or just remember what it feels like to be a kid again. There is a little something for everyone among these pages, starting with the classic fairy tale stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault, going on to the morally edifying fables of Aesop and Jean de La Fontaine, and ending with the wisdom, gathered by the people: the folktales from different parts of the world.

The folktale is a story passed down verbally from generation to generation. Each storyteller added something new to the stories, making them more interesting and fascinating as the ages passed. Different folktales bear the characteristics of the culture, folklore and customs of the people from which they originated.
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Africa is the second largest continent in the world. The people from Africa included unique characteristics in their folklore, showing their way of life and the animals and plants that surround them. African stories sometimes include trickster animals and spirits.

The collection of folktales from Africa consists of four books with 88 stories: 28 South African folktales, 40 Nigerian folktales and 10 Tanzanian folktales.

Asia is the world's largest continent. A place with unique cultural heritage, Asia is home to more than 3.8 billion people, making it the most populous continent on Earth. Even today people around Asia hold festivals celebrating the deeds of heroes and animals from ancient folklore.

The collection of folktales from Asia consists of fourteen books with 353 stories: 55 Arabic folktales, 104 Chinese folktales, 69 Indian folktales, 69 Japanese folktales and 61 Filipino folktales.

Australia is a country that includes the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands. Indigenous people are living in Australia for over 40000 years. Their stories are tightly connected to the Australian outback and its plants and animal inhabitants.

The collection of folktales from Australia consists of one book with 31 stories.

Europe is the second smallest continent on Earth. The birthplace of western culture, Europe is a land with tremendous cultural and ethnic diversity.

The European stories are divided into four groups: the Celtic, the Germanic, the Romanic and the Slavic.

North America is the third-largest continent on Earth. North America was discovered while Christopher Columbus was looking for a route between Europe and the Orient. Prior to the Europeans there were numerous indian nations living in North America.

The collection of folktales from North America consists of six books with 136 stories: 50 Native American folktales, 60 US folktales and 26 Canadian folktales.

Native American folktales

South America is the fourth largest continent on Earth. Before Europeans discovered it, South America was the home of many ancient civilizations numbering millions of people.

The collection of folktales from South America consists of two books with thirty Brazilian stories.

People have been telling each other fairy tales since ancient times. A very significant literature genre, fairy tales are present in all cultures around the world. In comparison to myths and legends, the time and place of occurrence in fairy tales are not defined. The characteristics of fairy tales include the appearance of fantastic elements in the form of talking animals, magic, witches and giants, knights and heroes. It wasn't until the 17th century that fairy tales in Europe were written down and preserved for future generations.
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Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 - 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Born in Selkirk, Lang was the oldest among eight siblings. After graduating, he began to publish his works, showing he was a gifted journalist, poet, and writer.

Notes: The first of a collection of twelve fairy tale books, gathered by Andrew Lang from various sources. Published in 1889, the Blue Fairy Book contains 37 stories.

Notes: The third book from Andrew Lang's collection was first published in 1892 and contains 42 fairy tales.

Notes: The second book from Andrew Lang's collection was first published in 1890 and contains 37 fairy tales.

The Brothers Grimm are probably the best known storytellers in the world. Many years have passed since the time Jackob and Wilhelm Grimm released their "Children's and household tales". The first edition and was very modest, both in appearance and capacity - there were only 83 fairy tales, compared to the 200 we know today.

Notes: Translated by Margaret Hunt, this is the only book that contains the complete collection of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales - 200
fairy tales and 10 legends.

Notes: Translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes. Contains 62 fairy tales.

Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Translator: Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes
Published: 1876
Publisher: R. Meek & Co., London

Notes: This book contains 25 fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm.

Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Translator: Unknown
Published: 1922
Publisher: Cupples and Leon Company, New York

Notes: This fairy tale collection contains 52 of the Grimm's fairy tales.

This new Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged republication of the work first published by Macmillan and Company in 1886.

Charles Perrault was a French writer who lived in the second half of XVII century. He was one of the first writers in European literature who turned his eyes to folklore. Born in 1628 in a clerical bourgeois family, Perrault received legal education and had high royal office. In the second half of XVII century there was...

Notes: The first edition of Perrault's famous collection of fairy tales.
Author: Charles Perrault
Translator: Charles Welsh
Published: 1901
Publisher: D.C. Heath & Co., Boston; New York; Chicago

Hans Christian Andersen, born April 2, 1805 in Odense, was a Danish writer and poet. In his early days, Andersen wanted to become an opera singer. In 1819 he went to Copenhagen to pursuit that dream. His voice, however, was too weak and he was accepted as a dance student at the Royal Theater.

Notes: "Andersen's fairy tales" contains 18 of H.C.Andersen's most notable fairy tales. This is not the original cover.

Notes: This is the first of two volumes of Andersen's fairy tales edited by J. H. Stickney.

Notes: This is the second volume of Andersen's fairy tales edited by J. H. Stickney.

Ludwig Bechstein , born on 24 November 1801 in Weimar, was a German writer and collector of folk fairy tales.

Bechstein published many works and was a successful author of his time. His German Fairy Tale Book was even more popular than the Brothers Grimm's collection when it was first published in 1845. He published several collections of folk tales, and also published romances and poems.

Notes: Translated by Dr. Michael George Haldane. Contains 100 fairy tales.

Author: Ludwig Bechstein
Translator: Dr. Michael George Haldane
Published: 1845-53

Notes: Translated by Dr. Michael George Haldane. Contains 50 fairy tales.

Author: Ludwig Bechstein
Translator: Dr. Michael George Haldane
Published: 1856

Notes: Translated by Dr. Michael George Haldane.
Author: Ludwig Bechstein
Translator: Dr. Michael George Haldane
Published: 1851

Notes: Translated by Dr. Michael George Haldane.
Author: Ludwig Bechstein
Translator: Dr. Michael George Haldane
Published: 1852

Fables are among the oldest forms of folk literature. The word "fable" comes from the Latin "fabula" ("little story"). Typically, a fable consists of a narrative and a short moral conclusion at the end. The main characters in most fables are animals. The purpose of these stories is to ridicule negative human qualities.

Little is known about the life of Aesop. According to historical facts he was a slave, who lived in the sixth century BC in ancient Greece. Some legends suggest Aesop was an ugly hunchbacked slave, although his real appearance is a mystery. One thing is known for sure - Aesop was a very smart, resourceful and inventive man.

Jean de La Fontaine was a French poet and fabulist, who lived and worked during the XVII century. For special contributions to French literature he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1684. Published in 1668, the collection of fables brought La Fontaine international fame.

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World of Tales - Stories for children, folktales, fairy tales and fables from around the world!

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Welcome to World of Tales - a collection of children's stories, folktales, fairy tales and fables. Read the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, the folktales from around the world or the fables of Aesop.