The House
Exploring home and family connections reinforces feelings of security and belonging.
- Framework: IPC
- Unit: My Feelings
- Learning area: Language Arts
- Level: Infant & Toddler
Objectives
- Describe their home and who lives there
- Connect home with feelings of safety and love
- Share family traditions or routines
Materials
- House-shaped paper
- Family photo area
- Crayons and markers
- Building blocks
Instructions
1. Ask children to describe their homes.
2. Draw or build representations of home.
3. Discuss: 'Who lives in your house? How do they make you feel?'
4. Share favorite home activities.
5. Create 'Home Sweet Home' booklets.
6. Build houses with blocks and act out family scenes.
Educator tip
Be sensitive to diverse family structures and living situations.
Assessment
Listen for descriptive language and emotional connections to home.
More from My Feelings
- Cookie Jar
- Brown Bag Faces
- Playing Feelings
- Happy Masks
- Making Noise
- Our Faces Use Muscles
- Let It Out
- Express Yourself
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