Primary Social Studies for Antigua and Barbuda Primary Social Studies for Antigua and Barbuda

Who are you? Topic 2: One happy family

Hello! We are the Thomas family.

We all live together in Barbuda. In our household there is mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, my sister Tiana, and me, Kairo.

We are a big family. Our kind of family is called an extended family, because there is more than a mother and father with their children.

Auntie Dawn is also visiting us at the moment, with her baby K’myah. This is a single parent family.

You already know my cousins

Shemika and Jaden. Look, here is a photograph of them with Uncle Paul and Auntie Rose.

They are a small family. This kind of family, with a mom and dad and children, is called a nuclear family.

Families share With one another Mother, father, Sister, brother.

Families can be Big or small