Where do you live & weather.
We would begin with a discussion about our own houses. What they look like, size, how many rooms etc? I work in a rural school so I would ask about houses in cities to see if they are aware of living in flats/apartments and why they are common in cities but not in the countryside. We would look at images of different houses from around the world and name them e.g. detached house, terraced, igloo etc.
We have a huge box of Lego (donated by parents) so we would work in groups to make some houses from this. I would tie this in with an Art lesson by making houses from clay. We would line them up to make a village and discuss what is missing/needed to complete the village. We would learn the words for the different types of house as Gaeilge – teach scoite, leathscoite, arasán srl.
I really look forward to using the online tools and websites especially Stellarium.