Hebrew/English cognates for kids?
Hi all!
I'm teaching Hebrew to elementary school age kids who are learning to sound out words, and I've discovered they LOVE getting lists of Hebrew/English cognates written in Hebrew and figuring out what they mean. The only issue is that I'm running out of cognates that I know, and I can't find great lists online –– a lot of internet lists are full of words like maven/מבין , which elementary schoolers wouldn't recognize in English. I'll type out a list of words that I've already used, and I would really appreciate any other ideas you guys have! I'm happy to use words that have an actual Hebrew term, but where the English is used colloquially, like sticker/סטיקר
So far I've used the Hebrew cognates for: kangaroo, university, telephone, flamingo, banana, avocado, pasta, pizza, blog, Africa, penguin, television, panda, hamburger, dolphin, bank, balloon, cactus, zebra, ambulance, music, mango, guitar, encyclopedia, pancake, skateboard, igloo, accordion, helicopter and sticker
I know there are some more counties/continents I can use, and I'm throwing in religious language that they're familiar with (like tzitzit, menorah, etc.) to beef up the lists, but I would love any more suggestions that you guys have because this motivates them so well to put effort into reading practice!
