Category: teach it!

Drawing Your Place

We recently found this great book, “A World of Your Own” where the author, Laura Carlin, asked questions like what if your could make your house out of jello or sprinkles. She encourages kids to think beyond real life, outside of the box, up in the clouds. In checking out Carlin, we found this excellent […]

A Terrific Teaching Guide about Architecture for Kids

The folks at the Chicago Architecture Biennial have put together a robust, well-designed and chock-full-of-good stuff teaching guide for teachers, adults or kids. We recommend it for your journey into using architecture as the subject of your inquiry. The guide explains why architecture is a great medium for learning a lot of different subjects, and […]

Teaching Kids about Architecture in Spain

This program has it all – hands-on learning, skill-building, and FUN. Architecture for Kids, or Architectura Par Ninos, is the name of the program, and gives us another case of “darn I wish I lived in Spain” The program is spelled out on the website, where they build structures both big and small, they learn […]

Join the Green Dollhouse Challenge

We just heard about the Green Dollhouse Challenge, a competition of the most politically correct kind! In this Challenge, participants range from 1 – 100 years old, pre-schoolers to aged architects (and anyone in between.) Sponsored by the EnergyTeachers.org organization, the competition is meant to encourage creative thinking in the field of energy efficiency, sustainability, […]

Architecture Playground for Kids

Besides great jazz music, yummy beignets (donut-like treats) and a great architectural bike tour of the Lower Ninth Ward, there is now a new reason to visit New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). At 2828 Thalia Street, you will find “the Imagination Playground – an architect-designed kit of life-sized building blocks as well as a wide array […]