We visited (virtually)different types of houses around the world where children around the world live in:- houses with legs, straw roof, houses on water, on tree, houses in the rainforest, in the North & South pole.
Children also learnt the name of different segment of the house:- porch, attic, lawn.
There were interesting sharing of whether the balcony can be named as the porch. Why not, mom & dad???!!! Most children decided that they have an attic at home, they call it the store-room which is very small, a few shared that their attic is the maid's room.
The details of different part of the house was illustrated through a visual/spatial activity where the children drew their plan in their journal book. Then they transferred that plan into a colourful 2-D clay model.
Children have so much excitement with another 3-D model using wooden blocks as well as plastic manipulatives. Watching the students in each team testing the stability of their masterpiece was funny. They will blow hard on their model to ensure that it didn't collapse before they agree to flag their 'task-completed-hand'.
In the process of building the model, they learn how to plan and execute, compromise & test each other's idea, work with contraints, accept mistakes and move on to achieve the final goal. They learnt and experience how stability can be achieved for a tall building. They were exposed to the phenomenon on center of gravity.
We have also discussed on the space (area / perimeter)of our preferred home to live in. All children formed their space using 12 cube-connectors, (4x4)cm2(squarish),(5x3)cm2(rectangular)- please refer to your child's documentation in the math book.
In the coming week, we will be speaking and singing in a few foreign language.
Other than that we will also be 'obsessed' with the making of our mother's day present.
