Adam's teacher asks the class to make a timeline. A timeline shows events in the order they happened. The oldest event comes first. The newest event comes last.
1Bornfirst
2Walkednext
3Schoollater
4Grade 2now
Adam's life in order
Adam starts with his own life. First he was born. Then he learned to walk. Later he started school. Now he is in Grade 2. That goes at the end.
1Wake up
2Breakfast
3Lessons
4Dinner
Zara's day in order
His sister Zara makes a timeline of her day. She wakes up and eats breakfast. Then she does her lessons. Last, she eats dinner. A day is a timeline too.
15,000years ago
21,000years ago
3100years ago
4Todaynow
Bigger number, longer ago
At school, the class makes a history timeline. The cards say years ago. A bigger number means longer ago. So 5,000 years ago is older than 500. A century is 100 years.
15,000 years agoFirst writing
24,500 years agoPyramids
32,000 years agoPaper
4700 years agoIbn Battuta
5600 years agoZheng He
The class timeline
Adam pins the cards on the wall in order. The first writing, about 5,000 years ago. The pyramids, about 4,500 years ago. Paper, about 2,000 years ago. Ibn Battuta, about 700 years ago. Zheng He, about 600 years ago.
For parents
Goal: Your child reads a timeline from oldest to newest and compares how long ago things happened.
Ask: which number is bigger? Then that one happened longer ago.
Use the words first, next and last when you talk about your day.
Away from the screen: Make a family timeline on a long strip of paper. Mark when each person was born, with the oldest on the left and today on the right.