Hi friends! Have you seen the new fun LEGO Friends Snow Resort kits that LEGO Friends just came out with? They’re super cute and I love the winter theme they have going on! We got the LEGO Friends Snow Resort Ski Lift. This kit was $59.99 and was super…
Good morning everyone! For our LEGO Education experiment this week, we applied our knowledge of pulleys, gears, and forces to create some cool cranes. The objective for this project was to create a crane capable of lifting a specified weight, as well as performing a valuable task. The boys…
Good morning everyone! Today I’m sharing one of our LEGO Education Co-op activities. The kiddos made a really cool balancing mechanism using levers, gears, and a combination of materials and components to make a machine to measure weight and balance load. They built the scale, but then were challenged to…
We’ve been using the LEGO Education Simple & Motorized Mechanisms for our Co-op group for awhile now. Since we only meet once a month this kit is lasting us about 2 academic years which is nice. So far we’ve had a great time, and today we learned all about go-carts…
Hi everyone, it’s been a bit since I’ve shared what our boys LEGO Education co-op is doing, so I thought I’d give you all an update. This week’s assignment was to create a “land yacht” using the gear skills they’ve learned mixed with some of the wind mill creations they’ve…
Hi everyone! We had another great LEGO Education group again this month! This time we worked on building and using pulleys! First the boys learned about various types of pulley systems, then built them with the LEGO Education Simple & Motorized Mechanisms base set. Once they built their pulleys, they were…
Once a month my kids get to participate in a Lego Club. It’s a super simple concept and the kids love it! So how do you start your own Lego club? Simple, find about 6-10 kids who love Lego’s and invite them over to show off their stuff! You’ll…
I found some fun printables for Lego’s at Lego’s Family Time fun website! Each month they release 3 new building instructions. The thing I like is that they are step-by-step printable instructions! Perfect for workboxes! We downloaded the Dragon from February, it was a great project with easy step-by-step instructions…
Here are some fun ideas for Kindergarten workboxes: Domino Math: I do this game 2 ways, either I write in the combination’s and he matches the dominoes to it and writes in the answer. Or he picks a domino out and writes the equation and answer himself. Click here to…
The little dude was happy to find a “Build a race car” card in his box. It took some coaxing, as he was like ‘where’s the directions?’ and I tried to explain that there weren’t any directions, and he had to use his brain to be creative and come up…
