When I was a baby
History · Early Years · The School
You have a story already
You were a baby. Then you were a toddler. Now you are at nursery. That is history. It is your own history. You could not walk, and then you could. You could not talk, and then you could. Look at a photograph of yourself as a baby. Now look at one from today. That is a real change, and it happened to you.
Words that put things in order
History needs order words. BEFORE. AFTER. FIRST. THEN. NEXT. LAST. WHEN I WAS LITTLE. NOW. Before I could walk, I crawled. First I was a baby, then I was a toddler. Using these words is how you tell a story in the right order.
How we know
How do we know what you were like as a baby? Photographs. Videos. The clothes you wore. A hand print. And people who were there and remember it. Historians use the same kinds of things for people who lived long ago. Theirs are just much older.
Draw five pictures across a strip of paper. Being a baby. Learning to walk. Your first day at nursery. Something from last year. And today. Now write under each one. Do you REMEMBER it? Or were you TOLD about it? The first two will be told. That line is where your own memory starts. It is usually around age three. And it is the first piece of evidence you ever learn to be careful with.