Hands On House

Roll up your sleeves and help construct a beautiful new house, both inside and out.

Activities

• Use wheels and pulleys to move materials
• Crank soft-sculpture rocks on a conveyor and drop them down a chute
• Choose stucco, wood, or brick panels to finish the exterior of the house
• Pretend to paint the house
• Shingle the roof
• Install wallpaper and carpet inside the house
• Pick up soft rocks using a digger

Educational Benefits

• Identify properties of objects: quantity, size, shape, weight, color, pattern, position, length, and width
• Operate simple machines
• Recognize, investigate, and solve a design problem
• Engage in cooperative play and problem solving