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Originally Posted by twiggy321
ps have you any ideas how to introduce this activity day with preschool children . much appreciated
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Hiya, for the children you could possibly approach it by linking the poppy wreath activity to the title Poppy Day, rather than rememberance, Armistice day or Veteran day & explain how it's a, or the day we remember the brave men and women who lived and died during world war one.
To introduce the concept of time and how WW1 may of affected famillies you could build a family tree - Child - parent - grandparent - great grandparent - great great grandparent ie, the child's mum's mum's mum's mum and dad's dad's dad's dad.
World war one: 1914 - 1918 ending on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour/am - 92 years ago
Significance of Corn poppies:
A flower that grows readily in places where the earth has seen fresh disturbance - where burial and loss is involved poppies grow to mark the area and help give us a focus or place for celebrating achievements and for grieving - missing those we love.
To explain this to the children you could say that the poppies grow in fields where soldiers were injured and have lost their lives - died. & how the Poppy flower helps us to remember what happened during the war.
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John Macrae's Flanders Field -
Flanders Field
Poppies on BBC
Hth xx