Time Travel
Tools to strengthen children's and families' sense of inclusion and community
The Time Travel activities give early childhood education professionals tools to strengthen children's and families' inclusion and community spirit in child group work and joint family events. The activities utilize themed childhood memories from families and other materials created for the model.
The Time Travel activities did develop during the Time Travel project executed under the Ebeneser Foundation. As a result of the project, tools emerged for early childhood education professionals to strengthen children's and families' sense of inclusion and community in child group work and joint family events. To strengthen interactions between different generations, the activities also welcome grandparents to participate.
The project was part of the Emma&Elias program coordinated by the Central Union for Child Welfare and funded by the Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organizations (STEA). The main goal of the project was to increase children’s social well-being through work that strengthens children’s sense of roots and identities.
You can get more information about the Time Travel activity model on the website of the Time Travel project. The website has a lot of material that is easy to use with a group of children, especially material for activities that connect different generations.
The Time Travel project has been funded by
Funding Centre for Social Welfare and Health Organizations (STEA), Emma&Elias program, 2015–2018
Publications of the Time Travel project
Time Travel with families – Tools for inclusion and community in early childhood education (written in Finnish)
A printed version of the publication is available from the Kindergarten Museum's museum shop.
Time Travel – Stories of family and relatives -project report (written in Finnish)
