Overview
We are all part of a family. Families are configured in different ways with many factors affecting them: divorce, adoption, remarriage, ethnic diversity, grandparents as primary care givers, single parents, foster care, etc. In this unit, students learn that there are different kinds of families and no one structure is better than another. They discover that all types of families love and care for each other.
Objective
Students Will:
- Discuss their family structures.
- Become familiar with the family diversity of their peers and others in the world.
- Learn about family habits, history, and values.
Lesson Plans for this Unit
Lesson 1: Family Quilts Keep Us Warm
Lesson 2: Brown Paper Bag Family Memories
Lesson 3: Tracing Our Own Family Pilgrimages
Reproducibles
Culminating Activity
Kinder-giving Feast
Two weeks before Thanksgiving, I send home a letter telling families about our Kinder-giving Feast and inviting them to share a family favorite dish. I also ask them to share the recipe for our Class Cookbook for the housekeeping center (and for me). On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, our families gather for a feast of family favorites. Children perform a song and poem. This event gives families an opportunity to see all the projects we've been working on this month.
Supporting Books
- Everything You Need:
- Subjects:Cooking, Cooperation and Teamwork, Listening and Speaking, Arts and Creativity, Early Social Skills, Class Projects, Adoption and Foster Care, Divorce, Remarriage, Blended Families, Extended Families, Parents, Pride and Self-Esteem, Tolerance and Acceptance, Understanding Self and Others, Working with Families and the Community
- Skills:Listening Comprehension, Public Speaking
- Duration:4 Weeks
