Go back in time for children to get a sense of themselves and to explore concepts with activities across the early years curriculum suggested by Sheila Ebbutt.

Naturally, children are interested in everything about themselves, and in how other people relate to them. There are so many ways the topic can arise.

You can look at families, at homes and houses, at larger and smaller families, at pets in the family, and at friends. You can start with the body and consider all the senses, and at the physical body and how it works. You can explore feelings and emotions, why we get angry and happy and annoyed. It all depends how you spark children's interests. This particular approach starts from the children's history.

Looking at children's history involves collecting stories about them. These stories will involve what happened to them yesterday, last week, last year, and then stories they know about their own families.

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