Growing
Learning how children grow up and get bigger
Month 11 · Activity 22 · Nature/Science
Instructions
- Gather at least 4 pictures of your child at various stages in their young life - newborn, baby, toddler, etc. Each picture should show an age difference.
- Ask child to put the pictures in order from youngest to oldest
- Ask child to put the pictures in order from current age to youngest age
- Chat about how child has grown and how they can tell by the pictures
- Last month we chatted about plants growing and now we see that we are growing too
Simplify
Use only three pictures to show how child has grown and have a wide variety of months between the pictures - newborn, two year old, and four year old pictures.
Extend
Use six or more pictures of varying ages of child and let child sort from youngest to oldest, oldest to youngest, etc.
Materials
- four pictures of child at various stages in their young life (newborn, baby, toddler, etc.)
Language Skills
Math & Science Skills
Social Skills
Problem Solving Skills