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Materials Sort
Have children place objects in the correct category: materials that are good for building a house and materials that are not good for building a house.
My Kind of House
Invite children to draw the house they would like to build. Have them dictate or write labels or captions.
Number Houses
Have children build a series of houses, each higher than the next.
Nuts and Bolts Count
Have children unscrew the nuts from the bolts. Then sort and count the nuts and bolts.
One-on-One Reading: Tap Tap Bang Bang #3
Read Tap Tap Bang Bang aloud to individuals or small groups.
One-on-One Reading: The Three Little Pigs Variations
Choose a version of The Three Little Pigs to read aloud to individuals or small groups.
Play Together: “Dub Cubs” #1 (BTL game)
Play the computer rhyming game Between The Lions “Dub Cubs.”
Play Together: Musical Alphabet Chairs
Stop the music to signal children to sit on a chair. Ask each child to identify the letter on his or her chair.
Play Together: Pig, Pig, Wolf!
Play the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” using words pig and wolf.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #1
Comment on the different tools used to construct the letters of the alphabet in the story.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #2
Reread the book and have children create their own alphabet charts with letters they cut from magazines.
Read Together: Building a House #1
Read Building a House by Byron Barton with children. Have children talk about the sequence of steps builders follow to construct a house.
Read Together: Building a House #2
Read Building a House. Focus on the different steps the builders took to build a house and compare it to the steps the children took in building their houses.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 6, Week 2
Read aloud The Three Little Javelinas, another version of The Three Little Pigs, or a new book about building.
Read Together: Houses and Homes
Read Houses and Homes by Ann Morris. Focus on the materials used to build houses and how the materials vary because of where people live in the world.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #1
Have children compare the tools in the book to the tools in Building a House.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #2
Read the story again and focus on the tools and the sequence they have in building the kart.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #1
Read another story about the three little pigs. Explain that this book tells the big bad wolf’s side to the story.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #2
Reread the story and have children identify the tools in the book.
Read Together: The Three Little Javelinas #1
Read another version of the folktale The Three Little Pigs. Compare this story to other versions.