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What were you like as a baby? Help children develop their sense of personal identity with early learning activities by Anne O'Connor Activity 1

Activity 1

A-L When I was small

Create a display to prompt discussion about personal experience as a baby.

Planned learning intention

To begin to differentiate between past and present and to remember and talk about events that are significant to them

Adult:child ratio 1:4

Resources

Photographs, mementos, camera, tape recorder, world map, local map

Step by step

* Sensitivity and a flexible attitude are essential with this topic. Remember that not all children may have access to baby photographs - for example, children who are, or have been, in public care or are adopted. Involve parents and carers in planning, so that memories and descriptions and anything that enables all children to feel involved can be incorporated.

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