Katie Ahern wrote:

As spring quickly approaches, sneezing season is upon us. Gesundheit! But are those sneezes an allergic response to pollens in the air or a sign of a lingering winter flu virus?

In Homes, we’ve been exploring tessellations — infinitely repeating patterns of shapes. They can continue in all directions, forever! Found in homes around the world, tessellations can be functional, beautiful, or both.

In this activity, make some refrigerator-worthy mathematical decorations with your kids.

Make a map of your house in this printable activity. Kids investigate a floor plan of the row house in Homes and then draw a map of their own home.

Homes invites children to explore the world around them by visiting different houses in Guatemala, Mongolia, Yemen, and the United States. Each home is unique in structure and style, responding to the people and place where it was built. But, no matter where in the world we live, we all have the same basic needs and enjoy similar activities.