Timelines

I'm sure at this point if you have a child in my classroom, you are aware I recently got married.  With this absence, the children have been initiating a lot of conversations about life events.  

"Ms. Sarah, what was your wedding like?"

"Did you have a party?"

"How did you meet?"

"Did you always know he was going to be your husband?"

"Are you having a baby?"

In life, we usually have a timeline of events.  First I was born, then I got older, then I became an adult, then I met my husband, and then we got married.  I started asking the children to think of their own lives.  What is the same between each person?  What in our timelines is different?  Yes we were all born and learned to talk, but when did you learn to tie your shoe?  A discussion the other day led us to learn some children built their first lego house before kindergarten and some children built it after coming to school.  This one way our timelines differ.  

I have written/drawn sentences on separate tiles and ordered them with the children.  

I learned to walk.

I said my first word.

I was born.

I ate in a high chair.

Which of these goes first?  Last?  What could be added in between?

This concept is a kindergarten standard for me to cover with the children, so it comes together naturally.  Along with a historical timeline, we have been making fictional timelines.  Some of the children are thinking about their own future!   This is also a good chance to summarize the short timelines of stories as well.  Below are some "from scratch" timelines we made.

First: I got out of my mom's belly.  Then: and cried.  Last: and I went to my mom.

Let's see if you can figure out this timeline.  Hint: the words say "find a boyfriend."

This is the story of little red riding hood!