Planning, problem solving, editing, and hot glueingJust before break we began adding roofs to our cobb house models. This process has involved quite a bit of experimentation, problem solving, and editing. The children chose materials, measured them against the size of their individual houses, and changed the size of the materials by cutting, tearing, or breaking them. They also created a plan for their roof by laying out the materials and removing them, before they hot glued them down -- this also meant that they might change their plan and materials before glueing down their roof. "We used the base and then the top of the base. We used wood and cardboard. I used those things, but I also used clay [to make the house]. I glued hot glue." - Pierce, 4.6 years "I was figuring out to put the line here and these two here." - Lillian, 3.11 years Hot Glue! Our cobb houses so far...
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