Recently, my son came home from nursery with this.
I decided to start with Grandparents and Great Grandparents (seemed perfect since I came up with this on Grandparents day). I wanted to keep it simple at first because he has a TON of aunts, uncles and cousins. Don’t worry, we love you too!
I love the idea of a family tree and helping him to know that his Papas and Grandmas are Mommy and Daddy’s Moms and Dads. I made him a little family tree file folder game by altering the basic family tree found on Kid’s Turn Central.
I made two different sheets (printed on card stock and laminated using clear contact paper), one that listed everyone by their relation (mom, grandpa, etc) and one that listed them by name. This way he could start with the relation one and eventually grow in to learning all the names. I printed out 2 in x 2 in pics (they fit perfect on a 4×6 photo paper) of all of us to attach above the labels (forgot my sons pic, so he pointed to where he goes). Currently, we are using double sided sticky tape, but you could use Velcro.
Left is blank to personalize with names. Right is labeled with relations.
We decided to send Grandma and Grandpa a little something for Grandparents day (a little late) and did some finger painting and sent them a card.
Images from: http://www.toddparr.com/books/
All in all, we had a fun week learning about parents, grandparents and great grandparents!
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The Harris Family says
Thanks for this idea! I have been wanting to do a family tree with my daughter. There is one in this months friend but I love your idea of a file folder game.
Kim Milius says
Thanks for your idea; its very cute & will be great for us since we live across the country from both sets of grandparents. My 18 month old forgets them in between visits & I’ve wanted a cute way to remind him who his grandparents are.
I love the coloring page, too! How did you do that?
Becky says
You are so talented! I need you to come teach me a thing or two! I’ve been planning on putting up a family wall with grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. I think knowing our family is so incredibly important!
Katie says
Very cool family tree activity!
The Activity Mom says
Very neat! Thanks for sharing.
Cherie says
I absolutely LOVE the idea of the photo coloring page for the grandparents! Too cool!
I linked you up! http://pinklittlenotebook.blogspot.com/2010/04/thursday-thirteen-inspiration-few-days.html
Nia says
You can find more file folder games here!
http://www.filefolderfarm.com
http://www.filefolderfun.com
ChurchBabies says
That Nursery color page … that’s MY MOM’S HANDWRITING! It’s from my blog, Church Babies! 😀 Glad someone is using our Nursery files. Have a great day!
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