You may not think you could teach children about History at a young age, but it is possible. Today we are going to talk about how/
While History may be full of names, dates, and events it's much more than that too. It tells the story of the past. We as teachers and parents get the opportunity to share it with our students and children. How is the best way to teach it?
How can parents teach their kids History?
- Share stories and picture of your childhood: By sharing these memories of your past you are teaching them history. The toys and games you played are most likely out of style or different than now. Therefore, you are teaching them things change and evolve. You can talk to them about the things you did with your family and even share those traditions with your kids.
-Share items from your childhood: If you have toys, books, or other things from you childhood you can share those with them. If you can still buy some of the things you played with you can go for it! Share those memories with your kids. It can be used as bonding time as well.
- Allow their grandparents and other relatives share their stories and memories: It is always good for other relatives to share their memories too, especially grandparents and great aunts and uncles. It is almost like siting around a campfire passing around good old memories.
How can teachers teach History to young students?
- Talk about what history is? Define History as peoples stories and events that happened in the past. History is anything that has already happened. So basically what you did as a class yesterday is part of History now. Make it simple and age appropriate.
- Bring in kids parents as special guests: Have each parent share a little bit about their culture and things that their people did in the past. It help kids really grasp that these are real stories and things that happened. It also helps them connect to History in a personal way. They can go home and tell their families that Mary's daddy used to help his daddy feed the farm animals to produce food for their local grocery store.
- Talk about and interact with History: Talk about how people used to receive mail, how telephones used to look, how people used to use candles for a light, or even how their families have been growing. Then create activities to relate to those topees. create pictures of things they have done with their families or have families create a family tree for each child. You can even bring History into your dramatic play area. Bringing in a old school phone, a washing board, or even clothes from different time eras.
I hope you find these ideas helpful. If you have any other ways you have taught History to young children feel free to comment them below.
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