Colonial America
November 12, 2022
How to Make a Wattle and Daub House Project

How to Make a Wattle and Daub House Project

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Help kids learn about early american settlers by learning about a common home for colonial americans with this fun, hands-on wattle and daub house school project. This easy-to-make colonial america project will help kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students about American history for kids. I will show you how to make a wattle and daub house l explore the various colonial america settlers in our hands on history unit for homeschoolesr. Today we have a fun history project – building a traditional Wattle & Daub house from the early settlers era.

Help kids learn about early american settlers by learning about a common home for colonial americans with this fun, hands-on wattle and daub house school project. This easy-to-make colonial america project will help kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students about American history for kids. I will show you how to make a wattle and daub house l explore the various colonial america settlers in our hands on history unit for homeschoolesr. Today we have a fun history project - building a traditional Wattle & Daub house from the early settlers era.

Wattle and daub house

We’ve moved on from studying about Early Explorers and are now studying Colonial America.  As we began reading about the Jamestown Colony we took a closer look at how they built their homes – wattle and daub houses. Wattle & Daub Houses are made by using a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle and then daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung, and straw. Wattle and daub has been used for at least 6,000 years, and is still an important construction material in many parts of the world.  It is super easy and such a fun american history activity for kids; let me show you how to build a wattle and daub house. This wattle and daub house school project is fun for kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students studying American History for Kids. I love project that make history come alive and this United States history project is lots of fun!

Wattle and daub house school project

We choose the size of our miniature house based on the size & number of sticks we found laying around our backyard. It was about 16” x 16” x 12” tall. We started by putting thicker sticks in the four corners, putting at least 2-3” in the ground. We then added one stick in the middle for all sides except the front which we left open to see inside our house.

How to Build an American Early Settler Wattle & Daub House for Homeschool Kids How to make a wattle and daub house

We then used gathered sticks and dried vines to weave through the sticks on all three walls all the way up to the top.
How to Build an American Early Settler Wattle & Daub House for Homeschool Kids

Early Settlers in Colonial America

Then we mixed up some soil, water, and straw.

How to Build an American Early Settler Wattle & Daub House for Homeschool Kids
How to make daub

Goofy used his hands (Mommy used the shovel) to fill in the walls with the mud & straw. (We opted not to use dung!!)
How to Build an American Early Settler Wattle & Daub House for Homeschool Kids

How to build a wattle and daub house

Then we laid some branches over the top and added more straw (no pointy roof for our wattle and daub house). Here is the back of our Colonial Wattle & Daub house.

How to Build an American Early Settler Wattle & Daub House for Homeschool Kids
How to make wattle and daub

We stuffed straw into socks to make mattresses (stuffed like they did in Colonial times).

How to Build an American Early Settler Wattle & Daub House for Homeschool Kids Wattle and daub houses

Then we added the mattresses, wood for a fire, kettle for cooking, and some people to complete our house.
Hands on Homeschool History Colonial America Project for Kids

American History for Kids

Here is a close-up of our three-walled Wattle & Daub Colonial House.
Hands on Homeschool History Colonial America Project for Kids

Colonial America for Kids

It was a super fun project that made Colonial times come alive to my Kindergartner.  Now he wants to know – what’s next?!?!?

 

Discover what it was like to live in the first permanent English Settlement in America with this fun, engaging Jamestown for Kids unit study. Explore this history lesson for kids of all ages from kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students. Children will learn about the Jamestown Settlement of 1607 with these fun projects, Jamestown activities, and free Jamestown Worksheets. This free printable Jamestown for Kids reader is a great way to learn facts about Jamestown, the first permament settlement in America while work on reading skills. This Jamestown printable allows kids to step back to the history of United States of America and learn about Jamestown va history including Captain John Smith, Powhatan native Americans, Pocahontas, and early settlers. Simply print Jamestown coloring pages for pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students to read, colour and learn!Make learning about pilgrims for kids fun and engaging with this hands on history for kids unit for preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students! The unit includes pilgrim printables, DIY costumes, how to make marbles, johnny cakes recipe, writing with quills, and so much more! Us this for a thanksgiving history lesson for kids, to learn about life in colonial America, or to learn about American history.  In our final week talking about colonial america for kidss as part of our homeschool history for kids  unit we learned about William Penn who was a Quaker and the founder of Pennsylvania. As usual with our homeschool units they are filled with hands on history projects for kids. This is perfect for the entire homeschool family to learn about together.

Colonial America for kids

Colonial America for Kids takes kids on a journey back to the first permanent settlements in America to learn about colonial life with lots of hands on projects like eating Gruel, making a Wattle & Daub house, and creating a tin lantern will make the settlement come alive.
  • Start off our Colonial America for Kids history unit with a look at the first permanent English settlement in America – Jamestown Activities. (Don’t forget to grab these FREE Printables Jamestown for Kids Book to Read, Color, and Learn)
  • Talk about the Pilgrims, make costumes, learn how Squanto taught the settlers to plant crops, write with a quill, make simple Johnny Cakes and a traditional colonial toy – marbles!
  • Explore the life of the Dutch and Swedes in America as you try creating homemade butter and build a log cabin.
  • Finally discuss William Penn and the Quakers will kids enjoy making traditional silhouette art projects, a colonial punishment stock, and so much more.

Vikings for Kid s- this is a fun hands on history unit that will help make history come alive including history activities, history crafts, free history printables and more for learning about early explorers #vikings #history #homeschooling lewis-and-clark-lesson-for-kids native americans for kids Learn all about the Sixties for kids with this American History for Kids reader for kids to color and learn! Learn about life in the 1960s with elementary age students from pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.  Simply print pdf file with 1960s for kids for kids to learn about life in the 60s while having fun coloring the cute pictures and learning about the birth of 'Smiley,' Barbie, and lava lamps.

History Lessons for Kids

Check out one of or MANY engaging, Free history lessons for kids

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  • The Colonial America for Kids lesson takes kids on a journey back to the first permanent settlement in America – Jamestown. Students will learn about colonial life with lots of hands on projects like eating Gruel, making a Wattle & Daub house, and creating a tin lantern will make the settlement come alive.
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16 Printable Country Studies for Kids - children will have fun learning about countries around the world with this fun resource perfect for pre k, kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 including Kenya, Japan, Russia, Sweden, Netherlands, Mexico, China, Philippines, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Chile, Colombia, Australia, and Costa Rica. FREE Printable Maps for kids -blank maps of the world, africa, asia, australia, south america, north america, united states, antarctica, Europe and more. Include blank maps and labeled maps. Use them with any social studies / geography program with kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and 7th grade students to visualize the world at a glance or dive deep into finding countries, continents, rivers / mountains, oceans, etc. Includes both blank printable maps and labeled as well. tralia, united states, europe and more both blank and labeled for kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, elementary, middle school, and high school #printablemaps #geography #homeschooling  Make geography come alive by using these free printable passport for kids. Childrne can pretend like they are traveling all around the world as they study and learn about other countries while keeping a record of where they've been. This free printable passport activity is fun for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students. Inside their passport for kids they can put their picture, personal information, signarure, and informatin about the countries they travel to. Simply print pdf the free printable passport for kids file and you are ready to go around the world! FREE Lego Challenge Cards - free printable STEAM education uses lego or duplo bricks to help students learn about famous buildings and landmarks from around the world. This fun learning activity is great for parents, teachers, school at home and homeschoolers from preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade students.

Geography for Kids

Looking for more resources and free worksheets to teach students about geography for kids? You will love these coloring sheets, printable maps, books, activities and games:

us presidents coloring pagesIt is important to teach children about how we elect the president of the United States of America. This simple, no prep Voting for Kids reader will help pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. This printable election book is perfect for preparing children for November elections! Kids will have fun learning about the United States for Kids with these super cute state coloring pages. Each of the free printable, 50 states coloring pages includes a state map, state flags, state flower, state bird, state landmark, and more. Use the united states coloring page with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders. These Simply print 50 states coloring pages pdf and you are ready to play and learn about the usa for kids!  american-symbols-for-kids-read-color-and-learn

United States Lesson for Kids

Help children learn about the great country of the United States with these free printables and resources:

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com

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