By beginning with student's experiences they have meaning and significance. For history learning to occur, young children need ample opportunities to develop concepts related to time, the passage of time, and continuity and change. Classrooms that are rich in involving children in thinking, speaking, listening, and writing about these important concepts help to create the sense of time needed. These experiences provide excellent opportunities for involving children in a variety of integrated learning experiences and constructing knowledge about complex and abstract concepts. In the broadest sense, history is everything that has happened.
History is the story of humankind and the traces people left as a result of their existence.
Teachers must always provide the experiences, referents, and analogies which allow students to connect their present learning with previous learning and experience. This bridge building is important to all learning, but of crucial importance in teaching history to the young child. This allows for understanding of concepts and misconceptions. Build on sources of historical knowledge. Students learn about history from people, visual images and tangible objects not found in textbooks.