This resource book, designed for use with pre-kindergarten through grade 2 students, provides an integrated approach to teaching the curriculum. Through investigation of houses as a theme, students are engaged in whole language activities in art, mathematics, science, cooking, poetry, literature, and dramatization. The guide is organized into three distinct parts: the kickoff, the theme activities, and a culminating event. The kickoff provides an informal assessment of what the students already know about houses. Between the opening and culminating events, the book presents 18 mini-topics related to the theme. The exploration of houses leads students from observations of houses to building a house, to looking at houses around the world and long ago, and to a study of animal homes. Children's stories and rhymes that have houses as a theme are presented. Activities also examine the emotional aspects of houses. Reproducible student papers, vocabulary words, and teachers' curriculum charts are provided. (MM)