Interview a willing family member and create a one-page record that distinguishes their memory from details you still need to check.
Ages: 6–10 with an adult. Time: 30–40 minutes.
Your finished discovery: Create a page with three checked story sentences, the interview date, one drawing and one unanswered question. Have the storyteller approve it before sharing.
Before you begin: Read the six steps together. Gather the materials below and choose a place where everyone can work comfortably. Younger explorers can draw or dictate while an adult writes.
Learning goal: Interview a willing family member and create a one-page record that distinguishes their memory from details you still need to check.
- A willing family storyteller and a trusted adult
- Paper and a pencil
- Optional: one photograph or keepsake the storyteller chooses
- Optional: a recording device, used only with permission
Follow the Clues
1. Ask Permission
2. Prepare Three Questions
3. Listen for Specific Details
4. Add a Memory Object
5. Check Your Retelling
6. Build the Story Page
An interview can be an oral-history source. Recording someone’s own account helps preserve experiences that may never appear in a book. Write down who spoke and when.
Memory gives a viewpoint. A person’s recollection tells us how they remember an experience. Dates or details may need checking against photographs, documents or other accounts.
A summary is not a quotation. A summary uses your words to describe someone’s meaning. A quotation uses their exact words. Keep that difference clear on your page.
Create a page with three checked story sentences, the interview date, one drawing and one unanswered question. Have the storyteller approve it before sharing.
Let the storyteller choose comfortable topics and decline questions. Keep addresses, private details and recordings off public pages unless the people involved agree. A trusted adult supervises the interview.
Keep the page in a family folder. If the storyteller agrees, invite another relative to describe the same game or tradition. Note similarities and differences without choosing a winner.
For grown-ups: Read the background information.
Read together. Color with imagination. Bring Pico and Tati’s world into your home with books that invite children to explore, learn and care for God’s creation.
Our Promise
At Tico Explorers, we encourage children to explore with curiosity, learn with kindness, and care for God’s creation.
Our adventures invite families to notice the world together, respect local communities, and leave the places they visit cared for.
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