Strand: Myself and my family

Strand unit: Myself

The child should be enabled to

• explore and record significant personal events and dates
  my age
  when I was born
  when I took my first steps
  as I grew up
  first day at school
  places where I have lived
• collect and examine simple evidence
  photographs of oneself when younger, first toys
• compare photographs, clothes worn or toys used at different ages, noting development and things which have stayed the same.

Integration
Science: Living things—Myself
SPHE: Myself—Growing and changing

Strand unit: My family or The family of a person known to me

The child should be enabled to

• become aware of and identify the members of the family
• compare relative ages: old/older, young/younger
• collect simple evidence
  photographs of family members
• explore and discuss how family members care for each other
• discuss developments in the life of the family and things which have stayed the same
  living in the same home
  getting a new car
  trees growing in the garden.

Integration
SPHE: Myself and others—Myself and my family

Strand: Story

Strand unit: Stories

The child should be enabled to

• listen to, discuss, retell and record through pictures and other simple writing activities some stories from the lives of people who have made a contribution to local and/or national life and to the lives of people in other countries in a variety of ways
• become aware of the lives of women, men and children from different social, cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, including the lives of ‘ordinary’ as well as ‘more famous’ people
• listen to local people telling stories about their past
• discuss the chronology of events (beginning, middle, end) in a story
• express or record stories through art work, drama, music, mime and movement and using information and communication technologies
• display storyline pictures showing episodes in sequence.

Integration
Music: Listening and responding; Performing
Visual arts: Many stories may inspire artistic work.
Drama: Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas, leading to understanding