1930s Family Day

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$95

Project of

Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

June 2014

End Date

June 2014

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Watonwan

Project Overview

A family program aimed at children ages 4-10 and their caregivers, using the 1930s Family Kit from the Minnesota Historical Society. The program included storytime, family crafts, making paper dolls, recording a thimble theater and playing family games. Soda Shop refreshments were served with recipes from "Soda Shop Salvation," a book that describes how soda shops became popular during the 1920s and 1930s because of Prohibition. This program was led by Watonwan County's Children's Services Coordinator.

Project Details

20 participated

Project Details: 2014 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$95

Direct expenses

$95

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

This library activity supports Common Core Standard CCSS, ELA-Literacy.SL.2.5. Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts and feelings.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The Summer Reading Program changed its focus, so the children did not earn stickers for their reading records (children filled squares for the days they read.) The children who participated in St. James did make pictures of what they learned. The pictures were made with the paper dolls. Nobody recorded a thimble theater play. The most popular activity in St. James was creating pictures with paper dolls. In Darfur the kids enjoyed playing the Snap game very much. Everyone enjoyed their soda fountain drinks.