Family Tree Template For Children

            In order to track the ancestral history one can look up the family tree if exists one. Family tree lists the name, year, short physical and scholastic details etc, of relatives of family in a conventional tree structure; family tree is also called pedigree chart or genogram used in medicine, social work, and genealogy. There are many types of family tree; commercial templates are available to use for making a new family tree or modifying an existing family tree.

            Types of family tree

                        Pedigree Chart – the oldest generations known at the top and newer generations at the bottom.

                        Ancestral Chart – It is like a tree structure with root (starting ancestor) at the bottom and the gets wider at the top showing next generations.

                        Left – Right Chart – individual at the left, ancestors at right

                        Descendant Chart - Individual at the top and descendants at the bottom.

                        Fan chart – a concentric ring with half circles, inner circle is the person of interest, second circle has two sections representing each parent; the third has four sections and so on.

                        Longest family Trees

                        Family tree of Confucius (552 BC – 479 BC) – Chinese philosopher, descendant of king Tang (175 BC – 1845 BC), 2 million people and 80 generations, recent updated version is said to include 1.3 million living members scattered around the world.

                        Family Tree of Lurie lineage – includes Sigmund Freud, traces back to King David (1037 BC).

            ‘Family Tree Template For Children' is to make children aware of what family tree means, history of family/ancestral tree and how to make one. Mapping a family tree by children should be fun, educational, and useful. A picture is said to be equivalent to thousands of words. In the modern society relatives are scattered all over the state, country and world. It may happen that they will see very few of them in their lifetime. Seeing the relatives on family tree shall develop a motivation to contact the relatives, maintain contacts, and possible visits. To start with children can draw the basic family tree, extended family tree (templates are available). They can get individual pictures, cut to small size, and paste behind the names. Then write a few words about each. Children can decorate, frame the family tree and hang in the room. They can visit the grandparents and hear old stories about their parents, grandparents, and famous ancestors generations before.  Then write a story of one' own about the family to whom one belongs

            ‘Family Tree Template For Children'; children of multiple parents and adopted children

            Accommodations and opportunities should be provided to children with separated parents, adopted children. They can include all; they can other options.           

A simple drawing tree or a chart that contains names of a family is known as a family tree. You can write many details of your family as well as generation. It becomes more complex when you add details of multiple generations.Family tree template might be different for different type of children. If we are making it for little kids it should not be so complex. It should be easy to understand and simple for children and contains few genealogies. There should be specific goals because kid is going to discover the world of relations. In start you should let him know where he stands in family with his mom, dad, sisters and brothers. Use of colors, colorful pictures of family with the name is very useful. At school level children can be given assignments to write and draw his family tree. Tree can be drawn on paper or a poster board. He can use triangles or fruits to represent his family members. An adult can help the kid by drawing a tree outline and then the kid colors it. Family Tree template for children.

Then he might be asked pictures of the family members on the board. At top of board is kid's own picture then at bottom he can add 2 pictures of his family then he adds 4 pictures of his grandparents.if can read you can write the names of family on the tree and kid will post pictures on the tree.For older children goals are different than young ones. It should be little complex so that child must use his brain power to understand and learn his family. Goal may be to understand the child about the history of his family. You can add child's uncles and their families, ancestors of the family to the tree.

It may add interest of the kid when it is given as a project to gift this tree on birthday of his mom or dad. Child is asked to download a template from the internet. Take print of template or he should draw it on a poster and stick their parent's picture or names on the poster. Include little fun by adding other things like birds etc to make project interesting. Try to appreciate child. Search the web to find more exciting and beautiful template tree for your child. Don't make too complex so that child get bore. Increase the number of genealogy according to the age and interest of your child.