My family's story

Ages 0 to 2 A grown-up reads and plays along · about 10 minutes

Read together

This is Mama. This is Papa. This is you!

This is Grandma, when she was little.

Do it

1. Choose three or four photos of people your child loves, from now and from long ago.
2. Point to each one and say the name and the relationship: “This is Lolo. He is Papa's papa.”
3. Say one short thing: “He liked to sing.” Let your child touch the photos gently.
4. Make a small family book with the photos in a folder, and add one every month.

Talk about it

• Who is in this photo?
• What did they like to do?

For the grown-up

Family stories are a child's first history. Your child may not understand dates, but they learn that they belong to a story.

If someone in the photos has died, say it gently and simply: “She died. We miss her. We love her.”

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

This is a play and practice activity with no factual claims to source.

Written with AI assistance and checked against the sources listed. Please read it before sharing it with a child.