Cities and villages

Ages 6 to 8 Read together, then try alone · about 20 minutes

Read together

Some people live in big cities. Some live in small villages.

Each place has its own good things.

Do it

1. Draw two pictures side by side: a city street and a village path.
2. Write what you would see, hear and smell in each place.
3. Ask a family member where they grew up and what it was like.
4. Say what is good about where you live.

Talk about it

• What do you hear in a city?
• What is good about a village?

For the grown-up

More than half of the world's people now live in cities, and many live in villages. Neither is better. Teach children to see the value of both.

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, World Urbanization Prospects
• National Geographic Society, educational pages on cities and rural life

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