🔬 Science & our world · Ages 4–5 · about 2 weeks

Growing Up

Goal: Put the stages of growing up in order and look after their own body.

For parents: Children love hearing about when they were a baby. Use their own story to teach 'changes over time'.

Do together

  1. My timeline

    You need: Photos of your child as a baby, a toddler and now

    Put them in order and talk about what they could do at each age. What can they do now that a baby can't?

  2. Growth chart

    You need: A door frame, a pencil

    Mark their height with the date. Measure again in three months. Compare with brothers, sisters and parents.

  3. Clean-hands routine

    You need: Soap and water

    Make a picture chart of the handwashing steps and stick it by the sink. Sing a short song while scrubbing.

Talk about it

  • What could you do when you were a baby?
  • What will you be able to do when you are big?
  • Why do we wash our hands before eating?

Words to use

  • baby
  • child
  • grown-up
  • grow
  • healthy
  • clean

Play

  • Living World
    Living things
  • Five Senses
    The five senses
  • Helper Heroes
    Community helpers
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