We call it school

We have been learning about houses, discussing the different styles over time and around the world. The book we are reading from has been getting a little dry this last week but I have been pushing on seeing we only have this week left and then we move on to food and eating habits through history. I was hoping to get them more interested in the houses, after all their Uncle Tim is an architect. Well, last evening they found a box and asked for tape to turn it into a a Viking long house. I was so excited about this. Today we have made Teepee's and Indians and started on a small castle. They also asked if this summer we can build a mud brick house! Wow, on Wednesday they were falling asleep as I was reading and today I have houses everywhere. The best part is we have learned a lot more about the people who lived in the homes by building them. We call this kind of day a great school day, some would call it playing with paper and boxes.