There are few things more important than your home, whether you're a human or an animal! Find out all about building homes, animal habitats, activities to do at home, technology resources for the home, and more. There are printables, lesson plans, activities, articles, and other resources for you to use in your classroom discussion about homes.
Building Homes
Help students think about what goes into building a home. Includes practicing sequencing skills by building a house in order, creating books about their homes, and more.
- How to Build a House
- Building a House Filmstrip
- Building a House Big Book
- People Who Build Our Homes Bulletin Board
- Shelters
- Table Manners
- Daily Journal Topics: Shelter
- Nineteenth Century Etiquette
Literature Activities
Students will enjoy reading our book resources and have fun completing activities such as using the information in the book to map routes and make models, as well as, learn about animal habitats.
History Resources
Explore our History Resources with your lessons on homes. Students will complete an internet research of prairie life, learn vocabulary, and complete a worksheet.
- Life on the Prairie
- Life on the Prairie Worksheet
- Life on the Prairie Rubric
- Life on the Prairie Vocabulary
Social Studies Resources
Interesting facts and fun activities can be found in these resources. Includes creating model homes out of food, matching similar homes, creating a book of homes around the world, and more.
Math Printables
Our printables will enhance your teaching strategies and increase student learning. Includes organizing time at home, practicing math skills such as estimating, multiplication, probability, and more.
- Home Activities: Place Value and Time (Gr. 3)
- Home Activities: Subtract Whole Numbers and Money
- Home Activities: Multiplication Facts
- Home Activities: Geometry and Measurement
- Home Activities: Fractions and Measurement (Gr. 3)
- Home Activities: Measurement and Probability
- Home Activities: Place Value (Gr. 4)
- More Math Teacher Resources
Family Resources
Get students engaged about their homes and families with these activities. Includes reading passages about genealogy, family traditions, printables with sibling activities, and more.
- Interviewing an Older Relative
- Get Hooked on Your Family History
- Katie Kazoo: Talk About Siblings and Switcheroos
- Fathers as Caretakers -- Facts and Figures
- The Keeping Quilt
- More Families- Teacher Resources
Technology at Home
Technology is a part of life. Teach students about different types of technology and use our resources to reinforce your lessons. Students will explore their homes for technology, practice math skills by using a calculator or computer at home, and more.
- Second Grade: Using Technology at Home
- Third Grade: Using Technology at Home
- Fourth Grade: Using Technology at Home
- Kindergarten: Using Technology at Home
- First Grade: Using Technology at Home
- Fifth Grade: Using Technology at Home
- Sixth Grade: Using Technology at Home
Animal Habitats
Use students' interest in animals to teach about habitats using our resources. Includes learning the importance of protecting habitats on land and in the water, hands-on art projects, writing animal poetry, and more.