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Ourselves
Objectives
To describe how humans are similar to and different from each other.
To recognise some of the ways people change over time, using key scientific words to discuss these.
Resources
Baby and adult photos of people familiar to your student| 📄 Looking closely at photographs resource | Baby clothes, e.g. shoes, vest, hat, socks, baby-grow
Vocabulary
compare | describe | similar | different | baby | adult | changes | growing
Today's Lesson
What to Get Ready
Before the lesson, gather some photos of people who are familiar to your student, both from when they were babies and as they are now as adults. For example, family members or friends of the family.
Introduction
Ask your student to look at the baby photos in turn, and then at the current photos. Tell them that they should have a go at matching a baby photo with an adult photo. This could be done together by looking at all the photos at once on a table or on the floor. Or you might want to present each baby photo in turn.
Once this task has been attempted, ask your student:
‘Of the ones you guessed correctly, what was it about the photograph that made you think you knew who it was? What were you looking at? Hair colour? Shape of the eyes? Did all the baby photos look the same? Why? Why not?’
Encourage them to consider that someone's facial features as a baby may have helped them guess correctly.
New Learning
Give your student a pair of photos (baby and adult) and the📄 Looking closely at photographs resource. This resource has a 'talking prompts' sheet for if your student may find writing answers down too difficult at this stage. Use this prompt sheet to have a discussion with your student about different pairs of photos.
Pass the baby clothes and shoes to your student for them to comment on and share their thoughts. Encourage them to look at the material and design, asking:
‘What do you notice about these clothes/shoes? What strikes you? Why are baby clothes usually soft? Why are these clothes designed to be loose and not tight fitting?’
Then ask your student the question, ‘Do we only get older on our birthdays?’ Ask them to explain their reasoning for their decisions.
Apply
As a fun extra activity, have all the photos ready on the table or floor in front of you, face down and mixed up. Take it in turns with your student to turn one over and then choose another to turn over. If they are a matching pair (baby and corresponding older photo) you can keep the pair. If you don't turn over a pair, you should turn both back face down for the other person to have a go.
Encourage your student throughout this game to use as much key vocabulary for this lesson (see top of this lesson plan) in their speaking as possible.