This lesson would be aimed at the junior end of the school – probably Senior Infants to 2nd Class. I try and read a story to the children at the end of the day so the day before I planned to do the following lesson I would read the story of the Three Little Pigs to them and for homework ask them to go home and discuss with their parents what type of house they lived in and if they had any pictures of their houses that they could share with the class.
The following I would gather the children in a circle and show them pictures of my house and ask them what type of house was? Does it have an upstairs? Is it big or small? What materials is it made of? Etc.
I would then ask them what types of house they lived in?
I would show them the video Mr. Puell – Different Types of Homes – YouTube and discuss the different types of houses shown.
I would divide them into groups and give them a picture of a particular type of house, give them a few minutes to discuss among themselves and then ask them to give a description of their house and reasons why they would/wouldn’t want to live in this house.
To finish I would get the same groups to build the type of houses they were given using Lego and other materials I had gathered for them.
To finish we would look at all the different types of houses the groups built.
This lesson could be expanded to incorporate Science – materials, Geography – houses from around the world? Maths – number of rooms/doors/ windows on these houses, History – houses throughout the ages, Music – Madness – Our House e.g. , English/ Gaeilge – write a description of the house the live in