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Size 8" x 11" with fold out 11" x 15.5" pages
- 32 lb smooth bright white pages
- 120 lb bright white cover
Are you thinking, "I need a great but unique gift for a friend or family member's new little girl baby. How am I going to find that in the sea that is the internet?". Well, look no further. This "First Family Tree Workbook" for girls will be the one gift that the recipient uses throughout the child's life. As the child grows, they will sit together adding information and spending hours on end in meaningful conversation about the child's ancestry. Is there a better way to connect with your child than by telling your stories of family members? All of the full color printed pages are engaging for the child as well as teaching them their family relationships.
The soft cover book includes pages for the child, their parents, their grandparents and their great grandparents as well as extended family of Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, First Cousins once removed, and Second Cousins. Believe it or not I'm sure that they know some of these family members but don't know how the relationship actually works.
What makes this book different than others?
Each book is handmade specifically for that child. These are not mass produced books. Every portion of this book, from the printing of pages and covers, to the binding, it's all done in house.
First as mentioned before it's printed with every page in full color. This is to keep the attention of the child and to make ancestry fun for them. It's never too young to understand the dynamics of your family and to start jotting down stories about your family members so that you can look back when you are older on these wonderful nuggets of information.
Each page is an 11" x 15.5" sheet of 32 lb 98 brightness white paper folded in half to make a fold out sheet for each person. Now this might not mean much but most of the other workbooks are 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" which is half the size of this workbook. Also the pages being 32 lb text means that when you write on the page it feels wonderful to your hand and pen. You won't get bleed through when using a pen. Although I suggest using pencil for the workbook as you might have to make changes later on. With the pages being 11" x 15.5" folded to 8" x 11" this means you have lots of room to write down information. It won't get all cramped up on a tiny little page.
Every time the child goes to a family gathering they are most likely wondering how these people are related to them. They just don't voice that question. I remember being about 7 or 8 the first time I finally got the nerve to ask my father how someone was related to us. So it does start pretty early with the inquisitiveness of family relationships.
The best thing about having a workbook for this information is that when it comes time to pass this down to the next generation they will cherish the fact that this was done in the child's or parent's own handwriting. Nothing is more connecting than seeing the person's own words in their own handwriting about their family. I have a book from my grandmother that sits on my desk, and I look at it almost every day to see what she has written. There are stories about family that she got by calling her family and asking about them. I can only imagine the great long talks and connection she had with her family gathering this information.
The overall book is 8" x 11" with a 120lb 98 bright white card cover personalized with the child's name. It's twin loop bound so that the cover wraps the book and the spine shows the child's name as well for ease in finding on a bookshelf. This means that it's a soft cover book, but will lay flat for writing.
Total pages not including cover are 32. (Each section has 4 pages)
The pages are broken down into the following:
- This Page is about Me
- This Page is about my Parents (Includes my siblings)
- This Page is about my Aunts and Uncles (includes my cousins)
- This Page is about my Grandparents (includes my GrandAunts and GrandUncles)
- This Page is about my Paternal Great Grandparents (includes my Great GrandAunts an Great GrandUncles)
- This Page is about my Maternal Great Grandparents (includes my Great GrandAunts an Great GrandUncles)
- This Page is about my Paternal First Cousins Once Removed (includes my second cousins)
- This Page is about my Maternal First Cousins Once Removed (includes my second cousins)
