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E. Built environment and resource use  11. Buildings

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E. Built environment and resource use
F. Social permaculture 		Holistic planning (HP):
Eyes
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Head 		Age:
3-6
7-12

Theme  Topic  Sub Topic Age HP Details
Buildings Shelter Use ropes and strings to tie knots to build something (such as a shelter).
Buildings Shelter Learn that people in different parts of the world design their homes and buildings to best suit the materials they have and their climate.
Buildings Shelter Find out traditional ways peoples in different places showed gratitude for warmth and shelter; what kinds of blessings did they have? Create a blessing ceremony for a fairy home or a real home based on things that you learn about those traditions.
Buildings Shelter Experience sleeping in a shelter made by themselves from local natural materials and compare it with living indoors.
Buildings Natural building materials Feel different textures and warmth of natural building materials with bare feet or hands (e.g. straw bale).
Buildings Natural building materials Build with natural building materials - wood, moss, straw, clay.
Buildings Natural building materials Use tools such as spades, hammers, saws, as appropriate to their age.
Buildings Natural building materials Celebrate what you have built with friends.
Buildings Natural building materials Be grateful for nature and the materials it provides by thanking all of the different natural elements that helped to build your house (if you see wood, thank trees, stones thank the earth) - draw symbols of each of these elements and make a collage to hang in the entrance.
Buildings Natural building materials Learn basic tool safety rules, e.g. when carrying a tool always walk (not run), hold it in a safe way, the names of the different parts of the tool (e.g. handle, blade).

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