Furniture and objects from the past chart Lesson Summary Remove furniture and objects from the dolls house then make sure all children can see the dolls house. Open it up and ask children to name all the rooms. Using the furniture and objects from the house ask children to decide which rooms they will go in. As they decide place the object in the room. Make a big copy of a modern house interior on card and display it for all children to see.
Dolls houses can teach children a lot about past times.
Local museums will sometimes lend artefacts to schools and it is worth trying to borrow a dolls house from Victorian times, etc. Ask children if they think that houses and homes long ago used the same furniture and objects as we do today. Then, Stephen Now. They are worth reading all the way through to children at some time during this topic, but for this lesson pick out the relevant pages. Look carefully at the pictures and get children to identify the room portrayed by using the furniture and household objects as clues.