A 5-day lesson plan where children revisit human life cycles and explore physical growth and aging. Through personal photographs, sequencing, and interactions with older guests, they understand life stages.
What children learn
- Identify and sequence the five human life stages: baby, child, teenager, adult, and old age.
- Compare baby and current photographs to recognise physical growth and new capabilities.
- Predict changes from childhood to the teenage and adult stages.
- Discuss the experiences and needs of older people.
Key activities
- Revisiting the Human Life Cycle through stage enactments and a paper-plate sequence
- Exploring Changes in Us with baby/current photo talks and a matching game
- Baby Care role play
- Drawing what children did as babies, do now, and may do as teenagers
- Sorting magazine images into baby, child, teenager, and adult stages
- Interacting with an Older Person and preparing questions and cards for senior guests
You’ll need
human-stage charts and pictures, baby and current photographs, paper and chart paper, pencils and crayons, magazines, glue and scissors, dolls and baby-care props
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, Social Studies/Science, Creative Learning, English, Maths