A Nursery weekly lesson plan focusing on Houses and Shelter. Children explore the history and construction materials of human and animal homes, trace the letter Nn, and learn number 2.
What children learn
- Explore how houses and shelters developed and why they are needed.
- Identify several kinds of human and animal homes.
- Compare materials used to construct houses and name sections of a home.
- Recognise and write Nn and recognise, count, trace, and write the number 2.
Key activities
- Building a model from boxes while viewing the evolution of houses
- Comparing pictures of different types of houses
- Constructing animal shelters with ice-cream sticks
- Testing and representing house-building materials through art
- Designing and drawing the sections of one's own house
You’ll need
house-evolution and house-type pictures, cardboard boxes and coloured paper, animal-shelter charts, ice-cream sticks and glue, magnifying glasses, drawing sheets and paint, letter Nn cards and craft materials, number 2 cards, yarn and clay
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy