The book commences with a baby girl and all those around her are perceived as "giants". The book continues to show how the child is growing up alongside her family throughout the years and important milestones of the child's life are covered such as beginning to walk, talk and commencing school. The book then discusses the woman finding employment and eventually marrying and becoming a mother herself, thus going full cycle of a person's life. The book also covers the girl/woman’s experience throughout her life such as separation anxiety from mother when the child starts school to physically fighting with her brother, which may be common amongst siblings. Oh! Just lovely. My children are grown, and so this story and the artwork just turned me into mush. It reminds me just a bit of Where Did The Baby Go? so if you like that you'll love this. (And vice-versa. ;)

The] delicately drawn, nicely realistic scenes... have a fullness of detail that children always appreciate. * The Observer *The third clip down is called 'odd one out'. I would not use this with the class as it shows four animals and asks which is the odd one out before suggesting that the 'right' answer is human as it is the only one that does not undergo metamorphosis. An equally good scientific answer could have been frog, as it is the only one that lives in water, or bee as it is the only one that stings. look at photos of family members and talk about special times. You could make a family tree using the template or get creative with your own ideas. A good mentor text for writing memoirs, a girl tells the story of her life in rhyme, with "photos" and directions to find her in each scene. Shows how life cycles, and is also a good book to teach perspective or point of view. Here I am going on about ways to use is to teach when I also shouldn't overlook the sweetness or the reflection on life that the book has. Therefore, it tries to show the reader how people cope with experiences. The book attempts to portray to the reader that as people age they become more "sensible and stable" and this is required in life, especially as the girl becomes a woman to a mother.

The first video clip shows several life cycles including a human, a frog and a poppy. This would be great to share with children and to spark conversation about the different life stages that animals and plants go through. Children could compare the lives that they see here with the life of the little girl in the story. If anything, ancient humans were shorter than we were. Neanderthals stood, on average, several inches shorter than us. Accompanying activities, worksheets and speed sound books can be found here as well as home reading books and free Read Write Inc E-books.Write about your favourite memories of Nursery/ Reception. Who were you friends? What were your best moments? In 2013, after heavy storms in Ecuador, a large female skull was found in Aloha province. Scientists determined the skull was approximately 600 years old. The discovery of the skull inspired a search for the rest of the skeleton, the parts of which were found and assembled a few weeks later. The skeleton stood at 7ft 4” tall, which was astounding, considering that the average height of a woman in those days was only 5ft 8”. How old are you? How old will you be on your next Birthday? What date is your birthday? Can you say the months of the year? Find out how old other members of your family are. can you write their ages? Who is the oldest/youngest? You could make some pretend playdough cakes and put candles on the cakes to match different ages. If you dont have candles use chopped up straws. Make some age badges.