Activity Cards
Your home is where you live with your family and have your special things around you. People can live in very different kinds of homes. What makes a place feel like home to you?
What makes a place feel like home?
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Describe your home - Does it have stairs, is it a bungalow, a flat, a farm, is it a trailer? Do you live in the town or country? What do you do in your home? Who lives with you in your home? What special things do you have in your home? How do feel when you are at home? What makes your home special?
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Activities You Can Do in the Classroom: Below are some suggestions for how the theme of homes can be incorporated into areas of play.
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| Small World/Construction Area | Using blocks in the small world area, encourage children to construct different types of homes (e.g., trailers, bungalows, terraced, detached houses, flats etc.) Use large boxes to represent different types of dwellings. Focus on similarities and differences between the homes. Construct homes for animals in the small world area (farms, zoos, etc.) |
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| Outdoor Play | Take children for a mini beast hunt on an environmental walk - focus on where the mini beasts live and the importance of not disrupting their homes |
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| Interest Table | Show the children models or photographs of different types of homes including trailers, house boats, tents, etc. |
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LINKS WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES:
Talk to children about: Their experiences of staying in different accommodations (hotel, trailer, tent, boat, etc.). How was it different from home? How was it the same? Have any of them moved house? How did they feel? Staying at granny's or with other family members. Are there things at granny's that make it feel like home?
