Igloos Anyone?

Besides a trip to the library on Tuesday the two older girls take a class at Leftovers Etc (www.leftoversetc.com).  Leftovers is a recycling center of sorts.  They take donations of recycled items, sort them and then stock the shelf with them.  Homeschool teachers, scout leaders and teachers are able to shop for items needed to complete school projects.  Besides having walls full of milk cartons and coffee cans, Leftovers offers homeschool enrichment classes. 

This weeks class was on Igloos.  The girls learned about a family that makes a igloo every year sleeping in the igloos once complete (Not my cup of tea as I prefer the warm weather, like Florida).  They also learned the steps necessary to make their own igloo if they chose (www.igloobuilding.org).  Did you know that the entrance on a traditional igloo is "L" shaped so that if the wind and snow blows in it stops at the short end of the "L" never making into the igloo itself? The things we learn when we homeschool. Finally, they built an igloo out of cotton balls using plastic containers as the base.
This lesson could be easily duplicated at home.  I would think that even my youngest (3yrs) would enjoy making an igloo out of cotton balls.