If I Built A House
Listen to a story on YouTube and then create your own dream home from materials you can find in your house.
Listen to a story on YouTube and then create your own dream home from materials you can find in your house.
In this 20 minute activity, you and your child will listen to a story on YouTube about a boy who designs his dream home. Then you can use the story as inspiration to build your own house using materials you will already have at home. The activity takes about 20 minutes and is easy to set up. It’s suitable for ages 4 and up.
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20 minutes.
Age 4 and up.
You know your children better than anyone, and you should judge whether they’re ready for this activity. You might want to think in particular about:
Sit down and watch the story ‘If I Built a House’. If you can, find somewhere comfortable and watch it together.
Talk about the story. Ask:
You could listen to the story again and pause the video to look more closely at all the different rooms.
Decide on the materials you are going to build your house from. This will depend on what you have available, and how big you want it to be.
For a small house you could use:
For a house you can get inside you can use:
If building isn’t your thing, then you could draw your dream house instead.
An example blanket house from WikiHow.
Once you’ve gathered your materials you can start to plan. You can ask:
More activities based on this story can be found on this page from Inventors of Tomorrow.
20 minutes.
Age 4 and up.
You know your children better than anyone, and you should judge whether they’re ready for this activity. You might want to think in particular about:
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