The teacher can list children s observations on chart paper as a resource. Children use the clay to sculpt or build a castle. Children can either build the castle from one larger piece of clay or create individual sections to assemble later. The teacher can model different sculpting techniques ahead of time or within the lesson, such as using sides of toothpicks to impress lines in the clay. When the sculpting is finished, roll the castle or pat the flat sides into sand.
Children add other objects to decorate their castle.
Allow clay to harden overnight. Capital -Distinctly treated upper end of a column. Drawbridge -A heavy timber platform built to span a moat between a gate house and surrounding land that could be raised when required to block an entrance. Dungeon -The jail, usually found in one of the towers. Moat -A deep trench usually filled with water that surrounded a castle.