2.5y–4.2y12 minFamily timeArtQuiet time
Memory Mix Keepsake Page
A simple ‘memory mix’ activity that helps your child preserve memories of a special event using a page in a book, photos, a short recording, drawing, and early writing.
What you'll need
Essentials
- paper (or a notebook) and crayons/pencils
- tape or glue
- one memory item: a photo (printed or on a phone) or a small object from the event
Nice to have
- a phone voice recorder (optional)
- an envelope or folder to store pages
- scissors (adult use only)
Movement level: low
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
- MilestoneCaptures experiences and responses with a range of media, such as music, dance and paint and other materials or words.Mind· 2.5y–4.2y· core
- MilestoneTalks About Past and Future EventsMind· 2.5y–3y· core· Step 1
- MilestoneCreate simple representations of events, people and objects.Mind· 3.3y–5y· core· Step 2
- MilestoneRetells Recent or Past EventsMind· 2.3y–3.2y· stretch
- MilestoneGives meaning to own drawings or marksMind· 2.8y–3.8y· core· Step 2
- MilestoneUses talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.Mind· 3.3y–5y· stretch· Step 3
- MilestoneUses basic time conceptsMind· 4y–5y· core· Step 1
- MilestoneIndependent connected storytellingMind· 4y–5y· stretch· Step 3
- MilestoneAttends to book contentMind· 18mo–2.6y· stretch· Step 4
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Provide ways of preserving memories of special events, e.g. making a book, collecting photographs, tape recording, drawing and writing.”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE)