Free LEGO Printables and 70+ LEGO Learning Activities

My kids had lots of LEGOS when they were growing up. I always thought LEGOS were great for logic, architectural skills, problem-solving skills, and collaborative experiences, although we didn’t use them for focused learning activities. Now there are LOTS of amazing activities online for using LEGOS specifically for hands-on learning activities. I love LEGO learning activities any time, but I really appreciate them in the summer as an interest-led way to prevent “summer brain drain.” Today, I want to share some of those amazing activities. Here’s a fascinating post about Montessori and LEGOS: Are LEGOS Montessori? The following LEGO learning activities are organized roughly by subject. LEGO Learning Activities LEGO Posts with a Mixture of Subjects LEGO Education (click on the grade level and then on activities) Learning Months of the Year with LEGOS (Photo from 1+1+1=1) Learn It with LEGOS (Includes Link to Free Printable LEGO Kindergarten Pack) from 1+1+1=1 LEGO Posts from Milk and Cookies

Using LEGO to Build Math Concepts I was not one of those LEGO® kids growing up. Sure, my brothers had LEGO bricks, and every so often I’d kidnap some tiny LEGO men for a make-believe game. But I didn’t truly appreciate the engineering capacity of those studded plastic bricks. They were just so rigidly rectangular! As an adult, I’ve come to appreciate LEGO, both for its rectilinear aesthetic, and even more so, for its mathematical might. In the classroom, the tiny bricks are now my favorite possibility-packed math manipulative! LEGO – Not Just for Playtime Chances are that if you are a parent or teacher, you already know, at least in theory, that these sturdy plastic blocks have huge intrinsic educational value. Let’s face it though – many elementary school teachers are women who, like me, did not grow up as LEGO experts. You'll undoubtedly find mathematical inspiration in a pile of LEGO bricks. LEGO for Building Part-Part-Total Thinking LEGO bricks are awesome for part-part-total explorations! Tackling Fractions with LEGO