[LM_NET] Time-travel themed storytime series

[Kurt and Kristine Wildner <kwildner@AFO.NET>]

Dear LM_NET Subscribers,

It just occurred to me as I was looking through Maria Castellano Boyum's More 
Simply Super Storytimes book (she has a Medieval and Old West themed section of 
ideas) - that it might be fun to have a 4-6 week theme based storytime based on 
traveling through time.  Last year, I had a very successful series of 1st grade 
storytimes based on traveling around the world - we boarded an "airplane" had 
passports and souvenirs and read stories from around the world.

Now - that was so much fun - what if I do a time travel storytime series? I'm 
thinking with 2nd grade.  I could teach the reading of a time line and read some 
fiction and non-fiction related to each time period - perhaps starting with 
Biblical times, moving on to Medieval Times, Exploration, Revolutionary War, 
Westward Expansion, and 20th Century History (other?).  We could have a puzzle of 
some sort related to each time period.  I'm thinking I could build a "time machine" 
in the library.  Instead of a passport - we could have some sort of time wheel or 
time line that I would stamp or punch for each trip.

Has anyone ever done something like this before?  Would you be willing to share 
your experiences/plans?  My plans are just at the idea phase right now.  

Kristine Wildner
Librarian
Holy Apostles School
New Berlin, WI
kwildner@afo.net



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