Free curriculum · around 2 to around 6

A Bug Hotel

Ten weeks in which a class chooses a place, gathers materials from the ground around them, builds a layered shelter in a fixed order, and then visits it once a week without taking it apart. The building is five weeks. The checking is five weeks and is the harder half. No lesson depends on a creature arriving.

The curriculum and lessons

1. Curriculum guide and teaching notesOriginal source
2. The Layer CardsOriginal Markdown
3. Scope and sequenceOriginal Markdown
4. Where It Will GoWeek 1 · Original Markdown
5. What We NeedWeek 2 · Original Markdown
6. The Floor and the FrameWeek 3 · Original Markdown
7. Heavy at the BottomWeek 4 · Original Markdown
8. Light at the TopWeek 5 · Original Markdown
9. The First CheckWeek 6 · Original Markdown
10. Checking AgainWeek 7 · Original Markdown
11. Wet Layers and Dry LayersWeek 8 · Original Markdown
12. Putting Back What FellWeek 9 · Original Markdown
13. Ours to KeepWeek 10 · Original Markdown

About this edition

Source version 1 · 2026-09-04. around 2 to around 6. Original text is preserved; an adaptation should be saved as separate work.