Chumash Houses
At Owens’s school today they had a school wide History Fair. The kindergartners had to do a presentation on something related to the Chumash. We decided to learn a few facts about their houses and then build one. We learned: that the houses are called “ap’s, they had holes in the roofs to allow air to circulate, they had fire pits inside, they averaged about 20 feet in diameter and when it rained they covered the top hole with animal skin. I had Owen write all of his facts on a poster board, cut and paste pictures of houses by himself. He did a great job. We then (as a family) made a house. It was a great project to do together.
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The start of our "ap," we first took the dowels and soaked them in water so that we could bend them. Then Owen and Tony drilled small holes in the board to place the dowels in. After that we glues burlap over.
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| The fire pit |
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| The finished product. We used moss to cover the house and the flooring |
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| Owen's poster that he made |
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Owen in front of his project at school this morning
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Wow Owen what a great job. It was very interesting to learn how the Chumash made there homes!! You are AWESOME!!
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