Elaborations

• considering a range of family structures, (for example nuclear families, only child families, large families, single parent families, extended families, blended families, adoptive parent families and grandparent families) as well as kinship groups, tribes and villages
• using images and stories to identify similarities and differences between students' families and those of other children (in their class and in stories about children in other places, for example the countries of Asia)
• exploring family structures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (for example where children belong to extended families in which there are specific roles and responsibilities to ensure safety and wellbeing)