History - timelines and toys

We looked at a timeline today of someone our age. We had to sort the photos of a little girl, using the voice recordings, into the correct order. We did a fabulous job! We then talked about old pieces of technology that would have been used in houses like fridges, irons and washing machines. It was funny looking at old fridges. They were very big and and had rounded edges. The irons didn't even use any electricity!

 

We then talked about one of our favourite topics of conversation which is talking about our toys! We got to talk about the old toys we'd seen at our excursion to Rouse House. Toys from a long time ago were made of wood or metal because there wasn't any plastic then. We then talked about the games and toys at our school that are from the olden days. Mrs Taylor acted out hopscotch and then using a hoola hoop. I think that everyone's day was made by this!

 

We then talked about toys the boys are using that are the same as ones from a long time ago. Spinning tops are the same as our new bay blades, although bay blades have little cogs inside them and bits that fall off. What a great connection with toys from the past. We got to draw a toy from long ago and one from today. Nearly all of the boys drew bay blades and the girls drew a mixture of barbies and shopkins.