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As a teacher who is forced to give a family tree as an assignment for second graders, I don't get why teachers still do this. I know it's in the curriculum but I wonder why things can't be changed to include more people or at least be sensitive to changing families that we have now.
At five years old this project is probably something fun and creative to do so that kids can learn about families. Family units are big in Kindergarten, first and second grades. In second grade in my district they go into heritage and what country your ancestors came from. We do a big immigration theme.
If I were you I would probably speak to the teacher and ask if it's okay. I can't see a teacher saying no. She probably limited it to people in your house because some people would want to squeeze the entire family (Grandma, Aunt Gene and the ten cousins that live down the street) onto the tree and that may make things a bit confusing.
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