Concepts A home is the place where a person or group of people live, sleep, eat, work and play. Homes have different rooms that are used for different activities such bathing, cooking and sleeping. Homes come in many sizes, shapes, locations. At Home Children can explore the textures of a variety of home building materials. Show children pictures of homes built from different materials.
Many home decorating magazines are a good source of colourful pictures.
Discuss with the children the materials the homes are made of. Provide a variety of building materials such as bricks, wood, asphalt, wood shingles, textured tiles and paneling scraps. Many home improvement centres have old scrap pieces of such materials and are usually more than willing to let you take them off their hands. Construction sites and parents who may be remodeling are also a good source or obtaining scrap building materials. Encourage children to feel and describe the materials.