 How do we start to plant the seeds of history in our little kiddos? Well, I know that history begins with them, with me. So I have a collection of all of their artwork from the beginning of the year. I start it with a portrait of them. The very first day of school. This way they can show me how they write their name, they can show me their pencil grip, they can show me how they color, they can show me all those elements that I can observe, and I keep it on the wall. Then throughout the year we do multiple projects, things about their family, things about nature, things about art, things about the holidays, anything and everything that I can think of that would be a fun collection of their history from my class. Then at the end of the year I have them do a portrait of themselves on the last day of school. It is great to see the looks on their faces when I hand them the book of all the pages from the first day of school to the last day of school. And they say, I did that? That was me? I didn't used to write like that. I didn't draw like that. But it starts to help them to think about, wait, that was in the past. Now I'm in the present and what am I going to do in the future? It starts to get those wheels turning to help our kiddos understand that history is important and it does start with them.