Time Capsule

So I have this memory from when I was in high school. We looked outside and there were all these Kindergardeners standing around the flagpole. I inquired what they were doing and found out they were burying a time capsule because they were the class of 2000. I remember thinking that the year 2000 was so very far away. Hard to believe the year 2000 came and went 10 years ago!

This brings me to a conversation I had with my friendly neighborhood Safeway checker. She was looking at Finley (who is almost 2) and telling me how fast the years go by. She then proceeded to tell me about how her son will be graduating from high school this year. When he was in Kindergarden his teacher had them do a special project at home. She thought it was incredibly lame at the time but now is so grateful for it. She said they were to take a box and put things inside it that were special to the child. To ask the child questions about their life complete with some writing samples. The next step in the project was to gift wrap the box and put it in the top shelf in the closet… not to be opened until the child’s 18th birthday (or graduation). Now she can hardly wait to open the time capsule as through the years, she can’t even recall what’s in it!

So this bring us to our discussion topic for the week.

If you were to have your child complete a time capsule, what would you put in it? What questions would you ask your child. Anything else you want to add?

I am really curious for these responses as I would love to do this tradition with my children.

-Sally

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runsallyrun Says:

March 6, 2010 at 3:51 pm

When we create one for Spencer we will definitely include the following:
A little toy “Bruce” Shark from Finding Nemo he carried around when he was around 9 months to a year.
A pillowcase that was a gift to my Mom when she was first pregnant (she lost that baby).
The outfit he came home from the hospital in (if I can find it).
His current drawings (of superheroes)
I also want to ask him a series of questions like:
His favorite foods
His best friends names
What he likes to do, etc
What he wants to be when he grows up
I also thought I’d enclose photographs of every room in our house as well as photos of our yard and of all of us.

Kristin Says:

March 6, 2010 at 5:11 pm

I hadn’t written a response to this because I wasn’t sure what I would include. But I love the idea! I definitely want to do this with my kids. My son is also into taking photographs so I might have him take pictures of his favorite things to put in there as well. I think this would be a good summer project. Thanks for the idea Sally!