Class three building projects

Class three have just finished their building main lesson block. They have spent a month learning about the traditional crafts, human effort eg carpentry and stone masonry and the history of shelter and building. To round off the lesson they had to build a house or dwelling; here is what they came up with...

My big girl's first (of course)

She made a Tipi (we have discovered there are many correct spellings) complete with a fire inside and smoke flaps. She had loads of fun with what she called 'the details' and her dad and I were roped in a bit too.

Here are some of her classmates projects ~ I think they are all fantastic.

an underground house

a light house

a jungle hut

a tree house

a yurt (felted!)

a stone house

a traditional Japanese house (with futon)

and a Vietnamese boat house.

Next term they will actually build something...my vote is for a chicken coop, or maybe a stone pizza oven!