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Description

Learn greeting customs from 3 different countries (European Greeting)

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Instructions

Aim of Badge
To learn about being part of Europe.
This Badge has 3 options of which 3 must be completed.

Introduction
This game is called the Greeting Game and can be played in small
groups or in the wider group depending on the numbers involved.
Instructions

• Explain to the Ladybirds that in different countries they sometimes greet one another differently than we do
• Start by asking the Ladybirds to show how they greet one another
• Then read out each of the greetings from the countries below and ask the Ladybirds to practice the greeting
• When ready ask the Ladybirds to run around and then call stop. Ask the Ladybirds to stop and greet one another.

Greetings:
• Irish: Hi, shake hands
• French: A peck on both cheeks
• Dutch: Hallo, Three pecks on alternating cheeks
• Spanish: Hola
• Danish: Hej
• Estonian: Tere
• Slovakian: Ahoj

Ask the girls if they know other greetings from another EU country.

The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Discussion
• Which one do they like the most?
• Why do they like that particular one?

Tags

• Europe
• greeting
• interest badge

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