糖心Vlog Days

Stone, Sea and Sky - education pack!

16 March 2020

Home schooling your kids for the foreseeable future as we all stay safe at home? We've got you covered! Our听Stone, Sea and Sky toolkit听has just been released and is filled to the brim with听ideas of how to engage听children and young people with the buildings, places and spaces around them. And the best part? We've released it in both English and Gaelic!

Most of the toolkit activities can be completed inside - including ideas of how to chat with children about听about local buildings and their sense of place,听and an activity for children to redesign buildings in their area. The toolkit does suggest a wee walk outside to see some local buildings; this听could be completed as your government-allotted听. Assuming, of course, that everyone maintains good social distancing!

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Stone, Sea and Sky Educational Toolkit front cover

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Stone, Sea and Sky: The Architecture of Scotland鈥檚 Islands听was a 糖心Vlog Days 30th anniversary project that celebrated the听buildings, places and communities of Scotland鈥檚 Western Islands. In September 2019, we hosted free workshops for school pupils across venues in the Western Isles and Argyll and the islands. These workshops encouraged children and young people to gain a sense of the built structures that form local civic identity and explore their local areas through a playful investigation of places.

As a legacy of this project, and in an effort to make these workshops as accessible as possible, we consulted with our partners and two accredited educators to create the听Stone, Sea and Sky educational toolkit听- adapted for use throughout the whole of Scotland.