Will have to do this with my daughter when she's a little older. She will love to listen to all the stories etc. Great to read article and great ideas.

Family History I think is really important .  I have been tracing my family tree and I remember the stories my grand mother used to tell me, but there are so many things about history that are exciting.  I learn't that I have a distant relative that was in Napoleons Army as well as being Govenor of two Islands so pass on as much information as you can it makes for great show and tells at school.

My daughter loves hearing stories about when I was little, and about when she was little.

I find some of the best ones are ones that are prompted by something she does, or is going to do and I can say "I did that when I was little!"

When my children were younger I made up a little scrapbook with photo's of my father and other people close to me who were absent in my childrens life, either through death or distance. Each photo was used as a part of a story introducing them to the kids and explaining little but important details fo their life.

My kids would ask for me to read the 'My Family' book and loved just looking at photos while listening to the 'true' stories of each charachter.

It was a great way to keep family members alive and close to my children.....

Cheers

OB

My girls love to here about when I was little and when the were very young. Great article

 Lexi xxx