After considering the materials for the exterior walls of the hotel that the children suggested, we as teachers selected one for the children to work with...
Cloth.
Using the work happening in the sandbox as inspiration, we teachers constructed a mini-model of their hotel. And then with sketchbooks in hand, we asked them to consider how the exterior walls might look. We made note of parts such as windows and doors and we reminded them that the cloth could look like their other construction materials, that of wood, brick, or cement.
For added inspiration we also shared images from the story The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater.
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/ryan.jpg)
Hotel walls by Ryan
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/vivian.jpg)
Hotel walls by Maren
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/Jane.jpg)
Hotel walls by Jane
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/beatrice.jpg)
Hotel walls by Beatrice
![](https://www.lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/birdie-732x1024.jpg)
Hotel walls by Birdie
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/ray.jpg)
Hotel walls by Ray
![](https://www.lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/chester-1-735x1024.jpg)
Hotel walls by Chester
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/arya.jpg)
Hotel walls by Arya
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/charlie.jpg)
Hotel walls by Charlie
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/graeme.jpg)
Hotel walls by Graeme
![](https://www.lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/SEvi-692x1024.jpg)
Hotel walls by Sevi
![](http://lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/charlotte-1.jpg)
Hotel walls by Charlotte
![](https://www.lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/brooke-732x1024.jpg)
Hotel walls by Brooke
![](https://www.lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/lyla-717x1024.jpg)
Hotel walls by Lyla
![](https://www.lincolnnurseryschool.org/wp-content/uploads/v-710x1024.jpg)