Old and new

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 10 minutes

Read together

A candle is old. A light bulb is new.

Which do we use now?

Do it

1. Cut out or draw pairs of old and new things: candle and bulb, letter and phone, wash tub and washing machine.
2. Mix them up. Sort them into “old” and “new” piles.
3. Match each old thing with the new thing that does the same job.
4. Ask a grandparent: what did you use when you were little?

Talk about it

• What is the same? What is different?
• Which would you rather use?

For the grown-up

Comparing old and new helps children see that things change over time, and that people long ago solved the same problems in other ways.

Mark as done

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