“All About Our Families” classroom soft picture books are perfect for toddlers.
Create an “All About Our Families'...
“All About Our Families” classroom soft picture books are perfect for toddlers.
Create an “All About Our Families'' soft picture book to keep in your classroom.
What you'll need
- Store-bought soft picture book Or Create your own durable picture book by laminating the pages.
- Pictures of families in your care or the children in your classroom.
Step by step
Step 1
Creating an all about our families soft picture book is a great way for young children to be able to become familiar with the children and their families they go to school with. Having the book be a soft book allows for children to carry it with ease and turn the pages.
Step 2
Ask the families to bring in a picture of important people in the child's life, or you can take a picture of each child and have it be a classroom family book.
Step 3
Keep the book accessible to the children. When a child is looking at it, you can support their language by talking about the child in the picture and/or their family.
More ideas
You can have multiple books like this where children recognize themselves and others in the pictures!
Playful questions
What friend do you see in that picture?
Yes, that is our friend's grandpa, do you want to find the picture of you?
Learning outcomes
Language/Literacy
Expressive Language (Speaking)
Participates in simple two-way verbal or nonverbal (signs) conversations to express and talk about needs, wants, experiences, and ideas.
Uses new words each day for objects, actions, and to describe feelings, etc.; begins to understand some opposite concepts.
Language/Literacy
Foundational Reading
Begins to recognize and understand that pictures or symbols can be "read" by others and have meaning; begins to develop alphabetic awareness
Science
Observation and Inquiry
Uses senses to explore; shares what is seen, heard, and touched; makes simple predictions based on previous experiences; observes the effects of their actions on others.
Social Studies
Culture, Family, and Community
Shows understanding of own characteristics (name, age, gender, physical traits) and family roles
Talks about or role-plays what family members do during the day
Social-Emotional Development
Self-Awareness and Self-Concept
Shows awareness of some of own characteristics and takes pride in showing things they can do; uses name to refer to self