Grades P - 1, 90 minutes
September - June

The Train Time program introduces young children to the Museum as part of our community. Through play on our Kids’ Train, a tour of our galleries, and stories, children experience the Museum as a place that tells us about who we are, what we do, and how we make things.

Through the Train Time program, students will:

• Describe some of the natural and constructed characteristics of their community
• Identify connections between their community and other communities
• Express opinions, ask questions, and listen to the ideas of others
• Regard reading and viewing as sources of interest, enjoyment, information
• Demonstrate an understanding that the way people live in their communities evolves over time.
• Explain how interactions between communities have changed over time.

This program supports curriculum outcomes for the following units:

• Grade P Social Studies, Roots and Place
• Grade 1 Social Studies, Place and Time

Program timeline – Train Time

• Arrival, bathrooms, hang up coats
• 5 minutes: Welcome and introduction
• 25 minutes: Story and play, at Kids’ Train
• 25 minutes: “Meet the Engines” tour in the Museum galleries
• 5 minutes: break
• 25 minutes: Train whistle craft; train signals game
• 5 minutes: Conclusion, and dismiss
  

Contact the Museum’s Programming Department for more information
Phone: (902) 755-5425 gov.ns.ca