A House is a House for me week is built on the theme of the book of the same title. When we read the book, we begin to realize that there are many things that are "houses" for other things....a box is a house for crayons....a dog is a house for fleas.......Our artwork and stories reflected the many houses that we know about.This week began with the great marshmallow challenge....we participated in a school wide activity to launch STEM week...science, technology, engineering, and math....our activity was a free building exercise with marshmallows and toothpicks. We were interested to see the teamwork that just naturally evolved with the children, maybe as a result of seeing the older children working in their designated teams. The children needed big trays to situate their structures, as they worked together to make complicated designs.
We had many "homes" set up in our classroom, tents and tubes, and the children nestled inside. These lego sticker books......wow.
The beginning building stages. How do these even stick together?
on to how to stick many of these together!
a rainy walk. We quacked a lot.
House structures to paint and tell stories about. We added details the next day, and the children had wonderful stories to share when we asked them "Who lives in your house?"
Dirt cups. (the chocolate pudding/cookie kind) "Dirt" is a house for...gummy worms!
Until Next Time,Michele
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