[Edu] need ideas for Chrononauts

[Magi D. Shepley]

Here's a weblink to the United States Dates binder: 
http://www.pcicatalog.com/STORE/Detail/PCI1837.aspx

I'm still waiting for it to come in, but there are some samples on the 
page that made me think it would be perfect for my group.  I have a very 
mixed group this year, with a bunch of students from the county to our 
west.  Virginia is still a "categorical" state, which means students are 
placed by their disability type, and I haven't quite figured out what 
exactly that other county is/was doing.

I like the idea of making up stories: that was why I wanted to teach 
them Nanofictionary, because my guys are fantastic story-tellers.  I am 
hoping to give them some better outlets for their fantasies...  right 
now I have one student who tells stories about being allergic to 
peanuts, another that tells stories about my cat driving a car and being 
friends with the Geico gecko, and another that tells stories about 
random seniors beating him up and stripping his Redskins jersey off his 
body in the hallway.  :snicker:

Magi

Kimberly Terrill wrote:

> Magi,
>   Do you have more info on the binder from PCI?
>  
>   The Chrononauts isn't as complicated as it looks when reading the 
> instructions. Though still too complicated for Ki. (Ki is 10, the 
> other are 11.5 and 13).
>  
> I like the timeline idea. I think I'd get a second set of cards maybe. 
> And I'd probably put the inverter cards from the 2nd deck into the 
> original deck. I think the deck seems to a ' inverter light' (the 
> cards that let you change a timeline event). Either that or I am too 
> power hungry. Or maybe they just weren't shuffled enough.
>  
> I think I'll give Ki the title "Keeper of the Time Space Continuum" 
> and do some timeline stuff that you suggested.  And because he likes 
> keeping score, I think I'll make a score board where he records how 
> many pathces and how many paradoxes his brothers make happen and 
> reward a couple points for each. He'd like that. And I will let him 
> narrate for my turn. He loves making up stories. Until someone comes 
> up with better ideas for me......
>  
> THANKS
>
>
> -- 
> ~~Kimberly
> www.homeschoolblogger.com/3foldchord 
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