Alphabet House: House Boat

Alphabet House: House Boat 

What types of houses are found on the water? Mermaid Houses? We had a lot of ideas of how people can live on the water. Most of our theories revolved around the Little Mermaid and Sponge Bob. We learned about House Boats. Living on a boat can be dangerous especially during a storm. We set the plastic boats on the water (parachute). We moved the parachute calmly like gentle waves and then we grew the storm bigger and bigger. The boats were tossed around and most of them ended up on the ground instead of on the parachute. We met some friends at the park to help us create our "perfect storm".

Calm Waves

Stormy Weather.

The kids really loved this activity. We predicted what would happen to the boats as the storm grew. We've been having quite a few storms in our area lately. We imagined what it would be like if we were in a house boat instead of our homes. We discussed what we might do to be safe on a boat like wearing life vests and also how learning about the weather helps boaters stay safer in the event of a storm.

Neighborhood Walk on the way to the park. What is your address? What color is your house? We found numbers on each house on our way to the park. I explained that the numbers help people find your house. Your friends, family, police, ambulance and fire department all need to know your address to find your house. We painted and numbered our houses. Each one of us thinks our house is very special especially since it's where our mommies & daddies live. 

 

We explored the house to find shapes. Doors=Rectangles, The Kitchen in our house comes to a point with a Triangle by the sink, We found square mirrors, drawers, circles on the dining room chairs.

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