Baby Pictures
THEMES Bodies,
Families, Our Class
OBJECTIVIES Recognize
and celebrate one’s own physical features
MATERIALS Baby
photographs of each child, a photograph of each child. Glue, scissors, index cards and laminate paper.
DESCRIPTION Collect pictures of each child as a baby.
At circle time, tell the children you have pictures of them as babies. Say,
“I’m going to hold up the baby pictures, one at a time. Look at it carefully
and see if you can guess who it is.” When the children make a guess, ask them
to explain their reasoning. Then set out the baby photos and the current photos
of the children. Invite children to match the baby and current photo. Display
the baby photos and current photos side by side on a bulletin board in the
classroom. If you are concerned about damaging or losing the baby photos, make
a color photocopy of them and/or laminate them.
VARIATIONS 1. Include baby and current pictures of
the teaching staff…a must!
2. Make a memory
matching game by gluing a photocopy of each picture onto a blank index card.
Laminate the cards. Lay them out face down and invite children to find a match.
Answer
the following questions:
1. I choose this
activity because I enjoy looking at pictures from the past, pictures bring back
memories. I also thought it would be cool to see how easy it would be to match
up the pictures.
2. I feel that this activity is for
children that are at least three years old. I believe this because of what I
read on pg. 17 and 21 in our RW book. It states on those pages that three year
old “can name, identify and match people according to their physical
characteristics”. I would think that children that are five to eight years old
would enjoy this project a little more, get more out of it.
3. I
believe that this activity is an appropriate theme because it is an activity
that helps the children see that everyone has their own physical features. Different is good and ok.
4.
The three concepts I believe relate are: Recognize,
appreciate, and respect the uniqueness, beauty, value and contribution of each child, Provide
children with a positive experience exploring similarities and differences, and Foster positive self-esteem and a
positive self-concept in children.
I believe that this meets anti-bias goals because this is an activity that promotes differences and how everyone is different and that it is a good thing to be different.
The Two Children’s Books I chose are:
I chose these two books because I like that they have picture of really people not cartoon people. I liked that they are about "me" books. I would read the stories to the children when I introduce the activity and then I would place the books out for the children to read. The first book is about all of our body parts and it features children of many different backgrounds. The second book talks about how we are as different as night and day. And,
guess what? They love it.
This activity sounds really fun. Going through baby pictures is so much fun for parents and little ones alike, great bonding opportunity. I also love very much that you've suggested staff including their pictures as well. I'm certain a class full of preschoolers would love seeing their teacher's as babies, what a great perspective it would help give them.
ReplyDeleteHey there!
ReplyDeleteBaby pictures are a great idea! Being able to recognize something, even though their physical looks have changed quite a bit, is quite the skill. This activity is great for teaching children that we all grow up and that we change physically. And this activity definitely fosters positive self-worth and respect for others!
Baby pictures activity sounds like a lot of fun. Its a great way to point out similarities and differences as well as providing socialization with the children in the classroom. Even as an adult the baby picture activity would be fun to do. Great activity to pick.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea for the activity, I know kids love talking about themselves especially as babies. I liked your choices on books to thank you.
ReplyDeleteWe have "What I Like About Me" in our classroom. I love it! Your activity sounds like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteHi Skyler! I loved your idea of collecting baby pictures of the classmates and having the children guess which picture belongs to each child. What a fun idea! I also like how you would involve the teachers in the activity too. I definitely want to incorporate that into the classroom and think the children would have so much fun with the activity!!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. I remember doing something similar as an older child, but I think it will be so much more fun as a young child. I feel like it will really make the children think and use their own reasoning to explain why they believe one matches to another. It overall just seems really fun, and I think the children will be very engaged.
ReplyDeleteSkyler,
ReplyDeleteOverall blog post had great information and was very straight forward and easy to understand and read. The children's book pictures were great, however I wish you would have included a picture of the actual activity to get a better idea of how they are made and what the children are seeing. This is the only thing that I would suggest! Your numbered steps of how to prepare for the activity and what the children will be doing were very detailed! Great job! I love this activity idea and can't wait to use it in the classroom. :)
Hi Skyler,
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to watch baby pictures and even more fun to share the photos with the group. While doing that children recognize their physical features and analyzing similarities and differences. This a great anti-bias approach.