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FAMILY PLACEMATS
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Set out
large pieces of construction paper. |
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Glue on photographs of your child's extended family (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc.) |
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Cover the placemats with clear self-stick paper. |
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During mealtimes discuss who the people in the photograps are, where they live and how they are related to your family. |
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Talk about the times you have shared together, including experiences from your own childhood. |
| CENTERPIECE CUBE PHOTO
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Fill a photo cube with photographs of your family. |
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Put the cube on the dining table. |
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During mealtimes, encourage your children to ask you questions about the pictures, such as, “When did Aunt Sara marry Uncle Mike? Where does Cousin Melissa live? Who do I look like?” |
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Change the pictures regularly. |
| TIME LINE
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Help your children gain a concept of the past and the present by making a time line to hang on a wall. |
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Include the date grandparents and other relatives were born as well as pictures of them. |
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Include pictures representing other important dates, such as, the invention of airplanes and computers. |
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Let your children add pictures of exciting events that have happened during their lifetimes. |
| AROUND THE WORLD
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Help your children learn about your family background by having an ethnic meal once a month. |
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Choose one cultural influence from your ancestral background and look through cookbooks to learn about foods native to that country. |
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Plan to have a meal with some of those foods and let younger children help make decorations for the special meal. |
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Older children can research the country's customs at the library and share what they have learned during dinner. |
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