How do we find more information for kids who have so little??

Here are a few more ideas for neat things to add to your child's lifebook. (Check here for other ideas.)

**Magazine pictures or copied photos of kids that might have looked like her – i.e. baby magazine picture of baby with big brown eyes that remind you of how he probably looked when he was little. This idea sounded “iffy” to me, but one of our attachment therapists insisted it was a good idea. I’ve only done it for one son so far – he loves it.

**For top news events? www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.html gives lists of what happened on that day in history. Can even print out some newspaper pages or order copies. Those Were The Days: http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html

**Make a page from a map – circle, highlight, mark the area where the child was born – if you know more information (hospital, where the birth family’s home might be located, or any other specific information), go to mapquest.com and create a specific map there. If you’ve adopted from another country, try earth.google.com

**Contact visitors center/bureau of tourism in the state, region, country and ask for brochures and information. Find or make a picture or drawings of highlights/attractions of the city or country of birth.

**For older kids, if you know of a school they attended, see if you can get a photo of the school. Maybe even find or make a picture or drawing of the hospital where they were born?

**Use stamps from that time period and their nationality to show what it cost to mail a letter. (Even in the U.S., a .23 stamp from 15 years ago and one from today look very different.)

**Money. If the child is from a different country what was the exchange rate when they were born? What was the currency and what did it look like?

For even more ideas, check out my next blog.