Yurt Facts
We are on letter Yy of the gratitude alphabet.
Y is for Yurt!
What are you thankful for that begins with
the letter Y?
I am grateful for yurts. I think yurts are very neat! Do
you know what a yurt is? Yurts have been around for thousands of years in
Central Asia. A Yurt is kind of like a tent but only round. Nomads use yurts
instead of living in a home because yurts are easy to take down and move to a
new location. Yurts are still used today. People can take a vacation and stay
in a yurt. That would be a fun experience! It would be like camping out in the
woods in a tent. Have you ever stayed in a yurt?
Facts about Yurts:
1. Another name for a yurt is ger. A ger is just like a
yurt. A ger is the older traditional style of yurt. The Mongolian people call a
yurt a ger.
2. Yurts were originally used by people living in Mongolia,
Siberia, and Turkey.
3. Yurts are easier to heat than a square house is. Yurts
can keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer with the right
equipment. There is usually a fireplace in the middle of the yurt for heating
and cooking.
4. It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours to set up
a yurt depending on the size of the yurt and how many people are helping you
put it together.
Share a fact about yurts with us?
Get your free printable yurt worksheet here:
Books about Yurts/Gers:
1. Story of the Mongolian Tent House by Dashdondog Jamba
2. Practical Yurts: by Steven Hatch
3. Wonderful Houses Around the World by Yoshio Komatsu
4. A Place Called Home: by Kate Baker
Parents/caretakers be sure books are child friendly before
reading them to your child/children.
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