From baby to adult (3 pictures)

From baby to adult - learn through play about growing and getting older.

How does a baby grow into an adult man? In this interactive preschool activity, children discover in a playful way how people change throughout their lives. The task seems simple: drag the 3 images to the correct place so that the life course of a boy is shown correctly. This sorting activity with exactly 3 pictures helps preschoolers discover the correct order step by step.

Preschoolers practise their logical thinking by placing images in the correct order. They learn to think about what happens first and what comes later. This helps them develop a better understanding of time sequence, chronology and cause-and-effect relationships.

In addition, this free app stimulates language development. Each image is supported by clear spoken sentences. Children hear many spoken words and concepts. By looking, listening and acting at the same time, new vocabulary is remembered better.

The activity also contributes to understanding the world. Preschoolers discover that everyone grows and changes. They learn to think about their own development and that of other people. This helps them better understand the world around them.

Thanks to the simple drag-and-drop controls, children also practise their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and digital skills. The free app is suitable for use on tablets, computers, interactive whiteboards and other digital learning environments.

This educational activity is ideal for preschool teachers, support teachers, parents and caregivers who are looking for a fun way to work on life stages, growth, sense of time, vocabulary development, listening skills, understanding the world and digital literacy.

Let children discover through play how a person grows from baby to adult and at the same time give them a strong foundation for language, thinking and learning.

In the online logbook, parents and teachers can afterwards easily see which apps were played and which results were achieved.

Learning goals

• Language development
  • Listening to and understanding simple spoken sentences.
  • Expanding vocabulary about baby, child, growing, getting bigger, young, older, adult and man.
  • Extracting information from spoken language supported by images.
  • Making connections between spoken sentences and matching pictures.
  • Understanding concepts such as baby, child, boy, adult, first, after that and at the end.
  • Retelling a simple development using pictures.
• Logical and mathematical thinking
  • Arranging a series of three pictures in a logical order.
  • Placing developmental stages in the correct sequence.
  • Reasoning about what comes first, after that and last.
  • Recognising and comparing changes between different stages of life.
  • Solving a problem by comparing and arranging pictures.
• World orientation / Orientation to the world
  • Recognising that people grow and change throughout their lives.
  • Understanding that a baby gets bigger and can later become a child and an adult.
  • Connecting experiences about growing, getting older and family with recognisable images.
  • Observing change: from baby to child and adult man.
• Sense of time
  • Recognising a simple chronological order.
  • Understanding concepts such as first, then, after that and finally.
  • Arranging a development with a beginning, middle and end.
  • Recognising change over time in a series of pictures.
• Digital literacy
  • Using a digital application purposefully.
  • Performing drag-and-drop movements to solve a task.
  • Using digital media to practise, listen and learn.
  • Working independently or with guidance on an interactive exercise.
• Motor development
  • Practising fine motor skills by dragging and dropping pictures.
  • Strengthening eye-hand coordination when using a mouse, touchscreen or digital board.
  • Acting purposefully and in a controlled way within a digital environment.

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