Introduction

Share the story of the Foundling Museum and how mothers left small tokens (buttons, ribbons, coins, scraps of fabric) to remember their children. (See curriculum links, 1. History.)

• Why do you think these tokens matter?
• What did these tokens represent? (love, hope, and identity.)

The tokens left with children at the Foundling Hospital represented so much for the mothers and parents. Great thought and care had gone into their creation and selection.