Childhood 

These activities are for you to do at home with an adult. You can do 
all of them or choose the ones that you find most interesting. 
Activities 

1. Organise the stages of human life into the correct order on a timeline. 
adult baby elderly toddler teenager child 
2. Use magazines, books and family photographs to find out how humans change as 
they grow. Look for people at different stages of life, including baby, toddler, child, 
teenager, adult and elderly. Draw a picture and write a sentence about each stage 
of human life. 
3. Ask someone in your family what you were like as a baby and look at your baby 
photographs. Make a list of things that can you do now that you couldn’t do then. 
4. Speak to older members of your family to find out how their childhoods were similar 
to or different from yours. Ask them about a range of topics, such as toys, food, 
home and school. Draw pictures or write some sentences to record what they say. 
5. Write a list of the people in your family. How many people are there? Can you 
remember all their names? How are they related to you? 
6. Make an information poster about your family. Share your poster with someone in 
your family for feedback. 
7. Think of a special event from your family’s history. It could be a birthday or 
another special celebration. Draw a picture to show what happened and write a 
sentence about it. 
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8. Here are some pictures of toys that were popular in the past. Name each toy and 
write a sentence to say how these toys are different from the toys that you play 
with. 
9. Ask an adult to help you to find photographs of your local area in the 1950s. Look 
carefully at the photographs and talk together about how the area has changed 
and what is different from how it looks now, including transport, shops, people and 
houses. 
10. Finish your home learning by writing some sentences or explaining to an adult 
what you have learned about childhood today and in the past. 
Useful websites 

How do humans change during their lifetime? – BBC Bitesize 
V&A Museum of Childhood 

Good reads 

Title Author ISBN 
My Family Remembers: The 1950s Kathryn Walker 9781445143538 
Ways Into History: Toys and Games Sally Hewitt 9781445109664 
Tell Me What You Remember: Family Sarah Ridley 9781445143651 
The Great Big Book of Families Mary Hoffman 9781847805874 
How Will I Grow? Mick Manning 9781445151960 
Old Bear Jane Hissey 9781908759993 
Me and My Family Tree Joan Sweeney 9780517885970 
Alfie and Grandma Shirley Hughes 9781782955153 
Who’s In My Family? All About Our Families Robie H Harris 9781406345407 


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