As a homeschool mom, I absolutely love LEGO® Bricks as a toy, tool, and resource for our schooling. They are so incredibly versatile, and my children can use them to create anything they can dream up. We frequently use LEGO® activities to extend our learning, or to evaluate a child’s understanding.
I even have a free LEGO® learning printable you can download!
Why do we love building with LEGO® bricks and using LEGO® Activities?
LEGO® Activities are awesome for the family because:
1. LEGO® bricks provide everyone with hours and hours of endless intelligent fun
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box 10698
2. They are a toy that everyone loves regardless of age
3. Everyone can build together for family time
4. They are an affordable STEM toy
5. LEGO® bricks last forever… buy once and your kids will play with them for a lifetime
6. LEGO® bricks become family heirlooms, being passed through multiple generations
7. Kids of all ages can accomplish amazing builds
8. With LEGO® Mindstorms EV3, families can explore programming and robotics
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 31313 Robot Kit for Kids
9. Kits come with easy to understand directions so kids don’t get frustrated trying to figure it out
10. You can build your own nativity set
11. You can use LEGO® Duplo® bricks to make fun decorations for family nights
12. Even grandparents can build with the kids
13. You can use LEGO® minifigures and block mounting tape affixed to the side of a desk to hold cords in place
14. They have something for everyone with a wide variety of fandom toy lines such as Star Wars, Marvel Comic, Simpsons and more
15. One is only limited by their imagination as to what they can build
16. They are a great way for parents to encourage learning through play without any feelings of guilt
17. Your family can build their own holiday decor
18. LEGO® Minifigures make fun collectibles that the whole family can enjoy and work together to collect
19. Bricks are a language all can share to find level playing field
LEGO® Activities are awesome for kids because:
20. They can help to develop both gross and fine motor skills
21. They foster STEM Skills
22. They promote creativity
23. Playing with bricks is open-ended play
24. They help children to develop patience
25. They keep children engaged in hands-on play
26. LEGO® bricks allow kids to explore their ideas in a 3D hands-on way
27. They promote perseverance
28. LEGO® brick building offers children a chance to work collaboratively with a friend or group
29. They help kids learn about construction and engineering
30. They help kids learn about gears, pulleys, and other simple machines while building movable objects
31. They are a gender neutral toy
32. They encourage imaginary play
33. Having brick building parties or clubs offers kids a great way to connect and socialize
34. You can use finished builds as decorative items in your child’s bedroom or the family room
35. They can be used for occupational and physical therapy for children with ADHD, Autism and other disorders.
36. You can use LEGO® Duplo® blocks to teach life skills
37. Kids can make decorative accessories for their spaces, such as a toothbrush holder
38. Bricks are strong and durable
39. You can build your own toys using LEGO® bricks to build them, like this chess set made over at Teach Beside Me
40. Kits teach kids the life-skill of instruction following
41. They make great gifts for children of all ages, from Duplo® for toddlers to EV3 or Fan kits for teens
42. Kids can use their Minifigures to talk about their emotions and build confidence in discussing feelings with their family
43. Building together helps kids develop their communication skills
44. They help to develop problem solving skills through creative solution exploration
45. They help to develop spatial awareness skills which is foundational for many engineering careers
46. They develop the ability to remain focused on a single task
47. They help to develop planning skills which are an essential life skill
48. They promote the development of observational skills which are essential for anyone entering a scientific career
49. Kids can practice creating sturdy buildings, bridges and more with connections that can withstand serious stress
50. LEGO® Brick play can serve as inspiration for a child’s future career
51. They help to develop hand/eye coordination
52. Brick playing can calm a child experiencing a period of emotional intensity
53. LEGO® Robotics can help children to develop a passion for technical engineering
54. Kids can build a LEGO® brick picture frame and for their photos
55. Ideas for building are limitless
56. Children learn the thrill of satisfaction that comes when completing a complex project
57. Over time they can develop mastery of many skill sets
58. Building larger projects teaches children how to be good time managers
LEGO® Activities are awesome for homeschool learning because:
59. LEGO® bricks are excellent hands-on learning manipulatives
60. They can be utilized to teach a variety of skills, such as alphabet, color, shape, and numbers
61. They can be utilized to teach vocabulary words
62. They work great as math manipulatives – Grab these math printables to use in your homeschool
63. Kids can design and build amazing moving machines
Klutz LEGO® Chain Reactions Craft Kit
64. You can teach a variety of math skills with LEGO® bricks such as – place value, multiplication, counting, geometry and more
65. Joining a First LEGO® League teaches STEM, and Scientific exploration
66. With LEGO® Boost kids as young as 7 can begin to explore coding and robotics
LEGO® Boost Creative Toolbox 17101 Building and Coding Kit (847 Pieces)
67. With LEGO® Technic, your kids can build motorized simple machine builds
LEGO® Technic Power Functions Motor Set 8293
68. They teach skills such as patterns, measuring, and sorting
69. You can use LEGO® bricks for unit studies
70. They allow STEM Experimentation in a completely safe way. (Well except for those late nights when you step on a brick or two barefoot.)
71. You can use bricks as a stepping stone to learn any subject
72. Help children build their mathematical skills without them even realizing they are learning
73. Homeschool parents can use Homeschool Lessons to teach STEM
74. Bricks can keep fidgety hands busy so parents can teach important lessons
75. Parents can use LEGO® Education’s Lesson Plans to enhance learning of a variety of subjects
76. Brick play can lead to further scientific study and research
77. Working on a First LEGO® League Team helps to develop team work
78. First LEGO® League and LEGO® Robotics let kids learn to apply scientific method to their work
79. LEGO® brick play is a great way to introduce new concepts and skills
80. You can use LEGO® Architect Kits to allow kids to explore architecture
81. Homeschool parents can use LEGO® Education Maker Lessons to teach STEAM lessons to kids ages 3 and up
82. Homeschool parents can use LEGO® Education Maker Lessons to teach Simple Machines with printable lessons for grades 3 through 5
83. Homeschool parents can use WEDo Kits to teach LEGO® Education Maker Lessons to teach engineering skills
LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 Core Set 45300
84. Homeschool parents can teach Simple and Powered Machines to kids 7 + with LEGO® Education Maker Lessons85. Homeschool parents can use LEGO® Education Maker Lessons to teach STEM skills with Mindstorm EV3
86. Homeschool parents can explore LEGO® coding and video game play with LEGO® Games
87. Kids can learn and explore making their own videos with stop-motion animation
KLUTZ LEGO® Make Your Own Movie Kit
88. LEGO® Bricks can be used to design and build amazing artistic sculptures
89. Families can explore space and NASA History with LEGO® Brick
LEGO® Creator Space Shuttle Explorer 31066 Building Kit (285 Piece)
90. You can build maps using LEGO® bricks for a geography study
91. Kids can diagram any research project with a simple or even complex build depending on the topic
92. Kids can use the long straight single pieces to do diagramming sentences in a hands-on way
93. Kids can use them to practice their spelling words
94. Kids can use them to build historical scenes for their history lessons
95. Homeschool parents can use LEGO® Bricks of like size to teach simple grouping and multiplication techniques, like the ones on these printables by Renee at Great Peace
96. Kids can build a Solar Paneled LEGO® car with instructions from Teach Beside Me
97. Kids can build mosaic paintings of classical art for a fun, hands-on art history lesson
98. Kids can learn about scale modeling using LEGO® builds, study well-known LEGO® artists to see how they recreate large sculptures and architecture in smaller LEGO® brick versions
99. LEGO® builds can inspire creative writing, once the child build a scene, or item they can then write a story to go along with their piece
100. Bricks can be used for book reports by letting kids build the stories they read
101. Building with LEGO® bricks will always be a better idea than a worksheet!
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