Children locate grandparents within family relationships, follow the human growth cycle, and reflect on grandparents' roles, memories, and visible features. Portraits, figures, a family tree, letter Ss, and number 7 activities make family history tangible.
What children learn
- Name grandparents and describe their relationship within a family.
- Sequence broad stages of the human growth cycle.
- Share memories and discuss grandparents' roles and distinctive features.
- Recognise and write Ss and recognise, count, trace, and write the number 7.
Key activities
- Making a grandparent portrait with face cut-outs, cotton, and fabric
- Sequencing a human life-cycle picture with ice-cream sticks
- Drawing and sharing a fond memory involving grandparents
- Constructing grandparent figures from paper cups, yarn, and face pieces
- Creating a family tree from family photographs
You’ll need
grandparent and family photographs, face cut-outs and cotton, cloth pieces and crayons, human life-cycle pictures, ice-cream sticks, paper cups and yarn, paper trees and glue, letter Ss cards and star stickers, number 7 cards and counting pieces
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy