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The Great-Grandparent Wheel

1/2/2016

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Happy New Year to you all! I was having a discussion with my kids the other day about their great-grandparents. They have only had the opportunity to know two of their great-grandparents, so they get confused when my husband and I start talking about their great-grandparents that they never got a chance to meet. I came up with a hands-on reference tool that will hopefully help them decipher between their eight great-grandparents. This is the Great-Grandparent Wheel and it's super-easy to make with the free templates you can download below:
Great-Grandparent Wheel Activity with FREE PDF Template from GrowingLittleLeaves.com
Great-Grandparent Wheel
This tool is basically a series of layers on which different information about each person is recorded. Each great-grandparent gets one slice. The layers are glued together at the center, but kids can peel back the slices to learn a little about each person. Under the Name layer, there is a Photo layer, and under that is a Place/Year of Birth layer, and a Job layer and finally a Place/Year of Death layer.
Great-Grandparent Wheel Activity with FREE PDF Template from GrowingLittleLeaves.com
Great-Grandparent Wheel Activity with FREE PDF Template from GrowingLittleLeaves.com
So, besides some basic information about your children's great-grandparents, all you really need is a printer, paper, scissors, and glue. I used Google to find some state and country outlines, in order to make the places of birth and death more graphic. You could also search for simple clip art to represent occupations.

By clicking on the image below, you can download the full six-page template for this activity in PDF format, In the template there is a blank layer, where you can add whatever information you'd like about each ancestor, whether it be hobbies, marriage dates/places, or military service.
Great-Grandparent Wheel FREE PDF Template from GrowingLittleLeaves.com
Great-Grandparent Wheel PDF
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©2016 Emily Kowalski Schroeder
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    Emily Kowalski Schroeder

    Founder and Author of Growing Little Leaves

    Emily Kowalski Schroeder / Founder and Author of GrowingLittleLeaves.com

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