Let's Use Our Big Heart World Words!
When you practice new words with a child, you help them learn the words that they’ll need to express their big ideas. Here are some words you can practice related to “global citizenship.” Before you start: Please don’t make flash cards with this list! Try incorporating the words into your conversations with your child or students … or look for them in the books you read together.
- Appreciate – to recognize the worth/value of
- Citizen – a person who lives in a particular place
- Common – belonging to all
- Community – a group of people living together
- Connected – joined together
- Cooperate – to work together
- Culture – the way of life for a certain group of people
- Curious – eager to know or learn
- Empathy – to understand and share the feelings of someone else
- Fair – without favoring anyone or anything
- Friend – someone who you like and who likes you back
- Helpful – giving or ready to give help
- Include – to invite someone else to share in an activity or privilege
- Join – to bring together
- Kindness – the quality/state of being kind (sympathetic or helpful nature)
- Language – an organized system of spoken words
- Listen – to hear something with thoughtful attention
- Problem – a situation that prevents you from achieving something
- Race – group of people with similar physical traits passed down through generations
- Respect – to honor or be considerate of someone or something
- Share – to have in common or use together
- Support – to hold up or assist
- Teamwork – the equal work of individuals in a group towards a common goal
- Value – to rate highly
- Welcome – a kind and hospitable reception
