Blogging about Lego Clubbin and other library program ideas
Step right up!! This is one I've wanted to do for awhile! I saw this post a long time ago about building a Lego target practice game. I really liked that idea but wanted to build on it, so I came up with the idea of just building a BUNCH of different carnival games! So... Continue Reading →
Such an easy concept, but this one can get a little complicated fast. I came up with this idea while looking out at my yard. We have to take some trees out, and I instantly thought of tree forts. I thought it would be really simple to build, but once I got started building my... Continue Reading →
Another day, another Lego challenge! This one is obviously a good one to do at home, but I can see this one definitely working for a traditional library Lego Club. The only thing special you need is a big Lego baseplate. The bigger, the better--if you don't have one, you can do your best to... Continue Reading →
For this at-home challenge, I combined one of my first challenges (Lego Challenge–Prison Break) and one of my latest challenges (Lego Challenge–Minifig Adventure Photos.) In the Prison Break challenge, kids had to come up with a way, real or imaginary, to escape a large box. This has the same feel, but this kinda opens up... Continue Reading →
Coming up with Lego challenges that we can do at home has been a little tricky, but this one worked out pretty good!! For this challenge, I had my kiddos build TWO different creations. For the first part, they could build whatever they wanted. A house, a boat, a car, a houseboat, a carhouse, whatever! ... Continue Reading →
The current outbreak has obviously made it impossible to meet up for a Lego Club. But there's still many ways to engage with your kids and inspire creativity. So for my first virtual Lego Club, I told my kiddos to take photos of their minifigures going on adventures in their house. I explained that all... Continue Reading →
This one is another classic STEM challenge I repurposed for Lego Club. After going over rules, I showed everybody a picture of a diving board, a crane, and an airplane wing. Then I asked everyone what they all had in common. An older kiddo eventually guessed that they were all cantilevers, which means that the... Continue Reading →
After reading "Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug" by Jonathan Stutzman, everyone got to make baby T-Rex Finger puppets! Kids can color their dinosaur however they want, then put their fingers through the holes, and practice giving T-Rex hugs!! You can download a copy HERE for FREE. For my storytime, I printed these on... Continue Reading →
WRECKING BALL TIME! https://gph.is/g/4wM2XvD I came up with this one when I saw this post, where kids use an apple as a wrecking ball. But as always, I wanted to put my own spin on it and make it accessible to my Lego Club kiddos. So after going over rules, I told my kids that... Continue Reading →
