We’ve added to our house of cards. I stumbled upon this a few days ago, so when L mentioned he was bored yesterday afternoon, I got out some scrap card stock (you’ll recognize our Dolch sight words on the one house- left over from the scrap pile) and helped The Owl cut the shapes and assemble the houses. The first one (with the words) was pretty basic, but The Owl pulled out all the stops with the second. I recently designed some dividers for The Owl’s book collection, which are housed in pull-out bins. The idea was to use them as dividers between the different categories, and on each, such as “Little Bear” there is a corresponding picture, to help with word identification, etc. For some reason they printed much smaller on the page, so I had a stack of useless dividers waiting for a use. They proved to be perfect walls, b/c they were all the same size and easy to cut out and assemble. Plus, they make the house look really cool. The Owl crafted a 2-story home plus attic space and included cut-outs in the floors between the levels, which he’s pretending are elevators. We made some stick people cut-outs, and then he added a train track through the middle of the town, which he dubbed “Modern Town.” He also added a plastic ladder and made a “rope” for the roof so that Diego can visit. He has plans to expand the town in the near future.
