My Family Tree

Lesson Plan - Get It!

Audio:

• Did you know hair color, eye color, nose shape, and hair type can all be passed down from one family member to another?

Learning about your origins helps you understand YOU more. Even if you don't live with your biological family, you still pick up behaviors that they do and can act very similar to them.

In this lesson, learn how your parents, your grandparents, and even your great-grandparents helped you become you!

There are all types of families worldwide, and many include pets, friends, and even rocks in our extended families! Families come in all shapes and sizes.

The book All Kinds of Families explains that all it takes to make a family is love!

Watch the read-aloud video below.

• Why do you think families are so important?

We are so lucky to be part of a family because they are the ones who love and take care of us.

• What makes your family different from anyone else’s?

Draw the family that lives in your house on a piece of paper. Be sure to hold the paper horizontally (landscape).

After drawing the picture, write one sentence on the page about why you think family is important.

Continue to the Got It? section where you will use this page in a book about your family!