Hello! Kia ora! Welcome New Friend!
$19.99
Hello! Kia ora! Welcome new friend! Is a perfect read aloud book to help teachers, families and children feel welcome in their Early Learning Centers
Ruby goes from feeling like an outsider, to feeling like she belongs to her new kindergarten family. These pre-school kids have learnt a smile is easy to do and costs nothing to share and their kind actions have a transforming effect.
What people are saying about the book:
“It is an awesome book. My 3 year old grandson here in Queensland greets me with, “Kia ora Nana.” Makes my heart melt. V.S”
“This book oozes with kindness, connection and belonging.”
“Hello! Kia ora! Welcome new friend! is such an amazing book for settling in new tamariki into a centre. We were lucky enough to have the lovely Rachel come to our centre, Nga Reo E Rua, and read to our tamariki. S.T”
“The book is wonderfully illustrated. Children from many cultures will recognize themselves within the pages.” Book Reviewer
“This is a brilliant book for whanau and kaiako to use to support children was they transition in to, or between early childhood education services.” R.L
“This story reinforces the values we want our children to have: kindness, caring, consideration and the ability to connect with a wide range people.
The list of greetings and phonetic pronunciation of them at the rear of the book is a valuable resource as are the notes which help parents and teachers continue the discussion on how to help others feel welcome..
“Hello, Kia ora , Welcome New Friend”, has become my “go-to-gift” for all the little ones I know as they begin school or kindergarten. Highly recommended.” A.B
This book is a great resource that captures the thoughts and feelings of a young child as they begin at a new kindergarten. Hello! Kia Ora! Welcome new friend highlights what kindergarten is all about; being inclusive, belonging and learning through play. Auckland Kindergarten Association recommends this book to prospective whānau and tamariki in supporting the settling process of children new to early childhood education. -Auckland Kindergarten Association
Hello! Kia ora! Welcome new friend! Can be read with other language ‘hello’ greetings such as, “Hello! Talofa! Welcome new friend!” A simple way to include the cultures of our New Zealand children.
Description
Publisher: Weston Books
Children’s picture book
2-5 years
ISBN: 978-0-473-49786 -6
Softcover
Matt laminated 240mm x 250mm
32-page full colour
plus $6.00 P&H (flat rate postage throughout New Zealand for 1 copy or more)
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Lynda Hinman –
Love, love, love this book! At our kindy this book has become part of a new tradition and will be read every time we have a new friend join our kindy whānau. It helps to teach children how they can welcome and support a new child simply by being kind and caring. It also helps to remind all our kindy tamariki how to be kind to others and helps to support the values we try to teach of showing love and kindness to others and respecting and caring for our environment. Fantastic book!
Sonya Nicol –
This is such a great book to read with my grandchildren. We love the inclusiveness and the messages of kindness. It is teaching our children how to be brave and how to be kind. What more could we want. Love it.
R.V.W –
What a delightful little book. It is sensitively written and any parent or grandparent would be overjoyed to read this to their little one who is about to start kindergarten or school. I could see this being a valuable book for teachers to have in their classrooms too
Kayla Pope (verified owner) –
We brought Hello! Kia ora! 2 years ago. Man, it’s honestly still a favourite in our house! We’ve even taken it to daycare for book days. Such a great book 😍😍. Kayla.