To work with the family with infant children, all kinds of resources can be used with which the children learn to identify and recognize the members of their own family. Though the concept of family is increasingly diverse, because each person recognizes the most important and beloved people as family, whether or not they share blood ties, it is important to teach children what family really consists of.
Beyond a sentimental concept, but as a form of social constitution. For children, the family may be the closest nucleus, but it is worth knowing that there are people who make up that circle despite not sharing the same time with all of them. With these activities you can work the family with infant children.
How to work as a family with infant children
There are different resources with which to teach children to recognize and identify the different members of a family. With photographs of each of them it will be the easiest way to do it and from there you can create activities as special as the following.
a family tree
The family tree is the most visual way to organize the family, with which children see it easier and a very nice way to remember everyone, including those who are no longer there. Make photocopies of each member separately and explains to the children that children arise from each union of a couple. These children form their own couples and new children can come from each union. By formalizing the family tree, children understand how their family has been created through the years.
What is the history of your family?
The objective of working on the family with infant children is for them to be able to recognize who are the people that make it up, what role does each one have within the nucleus, what are the relationships and kinships, what is the surname or what is the family origin. By working and analyzing all these concepts, children learn that over the years people change places, that from one family you can create different ones and understand a little more where they come from themselves.
When working with families in children, it is very important to incorporate concepts such as single-parent families, same-sex families, families of different races, ethnic groups, etc. Because it is young children who have the possibility of growing up in a fairer world, without discrimination and with a greater capacity to empathize with others. Don't miss the opportunity to create social awareness in children by working with the family.