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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. |
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Shelter |
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Use ropes and strings to tie knots to build something (such as a shelter). |
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Shelter |
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Experience sleeping in a shelter made by themselves from local natural materials and compare it with living indoors. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Learn about local building materials which are used in local constructions, and research the benefits of the different materials. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Find out about different methods to warm and cool buildings, and compare them - What resources do they use? How much do they cost? What are the environmental effects of using them? |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Learn vocabulary for natural building materials, such as moss, straw, clay. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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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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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Use tools such as spades, hammers, saws, as appropriate to their age. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Build with natural building materials - wood, moss, straw, clay. |
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Buildings |
Natural building materials |
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Feel different textures and warmth of natural building materials with bare feet or hands (e.g. straw bale). |
