Goal: to help children appreciate the uniqueness in each person and to give children a sense of their connection with the long chain of human evolution.
Preparation:
1. Collect some books from your local library such as: Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle, The Facts of Life, by Jonathan Miller and David Pelham, Where Do Babies Come From? by Margaret Sheffield and Sheila Bewley, and Me and My Family Tree, by Paul Showers. Have them available for your children to browse through.
2. Gather the following photos from family albums:
Yourself as a baby, young child and at later ages (as you have them)
A sibling of yours as a baby, child, teenager, adult
One of your parents as a baby, child, young adult
Your own children when they were babies
A few non-family membersas children and adults
Activities:
Read Some Wonderings of Our Own
Family Snapshot Matching Game
Spread the photos youve collected on the floor or table. Try to match the baby/child pictures with the adult ones. Then identify similarities and differences in the physical attributes of members of your family.
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