Children consider why shelter matters, how houses have changed, where animals live, and what materials and sections make up a home. Model building, design, comparison, letter Nn, and number 2 activities connect the idea of shelter to familiar spaces.
What children learn
- Explore how houses and shelters developed and why they are needed.
- Identify several kinds of human and animal homes.
- Compare materials used to construct houses and name sections of a home.
- Recognise and write Nn and recognise, count, trace, and write the number 2.
Key activities
- Building a model from boxes while viewing the evolution of houses
- Comparing pictures of different types of houses
- Constructing animal shelters with ice-cream sticks
- Testing and representing house-building materials through art
- Designing and drawing the sections of one's own house
You’ll need
house-evolution and house-type pictures, cardboard boxes and coloured paper, animal-shelter charts, ice-cream sticks and glue, magnifying glasses, drawing sheets and paint, letter Nn cards and craft materials, number 2 cards, yarn and clay
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy