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Foundations for
social studies
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Family Cut Outs
Use a template or cookie cutter to make “paper doll” cutouts with construction
paper in multicultural skin tones.
Place these “family” cutouts on the table along with markers or crayons.
Sit at the table and invite each child to pick out a paper doll.
Ask the child, “Who is in your family?” Or “Who helps take care of you?”
Write the name the child says on the front of the cutout.
If children want to do more, invite them to pick out another paper cutout for
another family member.
Label that cutout too and say, “Here is your Mommy and here is your Poppy.
You are a family!”
Invite the children to “decorate” their family member cutouts with markers or
crayons.
Display the children’s family cutouts above their cubbies or on a bulletin board
labeled “Families,” placed at the children’s eye level.
During daily greetings, talk with the children about members of their family.
Say, for example, “Your Grandma Pat brought you to school today. She is going
to work and will pick you up later.”
Use names that show family relationships, for example, “How is your baby
brother? Are you a helpful big sister?”