On your own Few materials In a group

Our Family Tree

Everyone at home picks a fruit: together they become a tree.

What the child does

Children ask everyone at home to pick a fruit, quickly, the first one that comes to mind. Then they draw a big tree, or a basket, and give each person their own fruit: a family portrait to hang where everyone can see it.

Age: Ages 6–12
Time: 20–30 minutes
Format: A4 PDF

Hear how the mission begins

Family £1.99 Sheet + grown-up guide. For personal and family use. Classroom £4.99 + classroom page: 45-minute lesson, variations, National Curriculum links. Photocopy for your pupils (non-commercial use). Workshop £9.99 + classroom page. For paid workshops, classes and clubs at one address (cafés, play centres, holiday clubs). Valid for 1 month, unlimited prints for participants.

Instant PDF after payment, also by e-mail · Print as often as you like

Part of the Screen Balance: 4 missions for £5.49.

What’s inside

The mission sheet, illustrated by Barti
The grown-up guide: materials, preparation, what it develops, questions for afterwards
An easier and a harder version
A QR code: Barti tells the mission out loud
With the Classroom or Workshop licence: a ready 45-minute lesson, with variations and curriculum links
The fridge card: the 4-week path to tick off together

Materials

1 sheet of white paper (A4, or better still A3)
Pencil
Coloured pencils or felt tips

What it develops

Listening — asks everyone a question and listens to the answer
Composition — fits lots of people into one picture: branches, a basket, positions
Symbol — uses a fruit to stand for a person
Connection — notices who belongs to their “family” and what each person likes