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100 Free LEGO Learning Printables
These days the web is filled with Free LEGO® Printables, even here on this blog, you can download for free, counting and multiplication worksheets using LEGO bricks. Whether you are looking for hands-on learning for your preschooler, discovering how LEGO® based therapy can help your special needs child, or STEM work for your homeschool child you’ll find LEGO learning printables to meet all of your needs. Most children love LEGO bricks and playing with them can also be a learning experience. But did you know you can take it one step further and structure learning around LEGO bricks? Yep, LEGO bricks can be used for a wide variety of subjects,…
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Multiplying with LEGO Bricks
Kids learn better when you combine learning with play. Make multiplication learning fun with LEGO bricks grouping sheets for easy math fun.
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Printable LEGO Story Creative Writing Prompts
I know so many children love LEGO Bricks! This simple toy can serve as a learning aid for many different subjects making them an ideal learning device for any homeschool. Since children are creating with their hands their minds imagine a story to go along with the build. That’s why they can be inspirational as a natural, hands-on, LEGO Brick creative writing story prompt. I know my son and his friends can spend hours playing with them whenever they get together no matter the age. He also enjoys playing with them by himself. Have you ever watched how creative a child can be when given a handful of these simple,…
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LEGO Therapy for Developing Social Skills
Help Build Social Skills with LEGO® Therapy for Gifted & Other Special Needs Children Let’s face it many gifted kids and teens struggle to communicate with neurotypical people. It doesn’t matter if they are talking to older, younger or same aged children. The struggle is real. LEGO Therapy is a method developed for kids with autism but the principles of this type of therapy could be used to help gifted and 2e children as well. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. I am not a licensed therapist. I’m a homeschooling mom to a gifted child. I share this post and ideas for information purposes only. Please check…
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How to Find LEGO Instruction Manuals
Do your kids love LEGO Bricks? Most do, or at least they dabble in brick building from time to time. Do you ever buy old sets of *LEGO® Bricks and realize the LEGO instruction manuals are missing? Or, maybe someone passed off a bin of bricks and there are several really cool parts that you aren’t sure what your kids can do with them. Did you know that you can find a variety of instruction manuals and brick designs online? Or have you considered joining a custom instruction club? I only recently learned about such clubs where members post or review instructions written by other members. If you want to…
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4 Books for Homeschool Libraries
I’m a book junkie. Most homeschool moms that I know are too. So, when I was given an opportunity to join the DK Books Blog team I was super thrilled! It means I get to review, great DK Books and share my own thoughts and opinions with you, tell you about books which I think you might find to be valuable benefit to your homeschool or family, and expand my homeschool library at the same time. This post contains affiliate ad links to external sites where products may be purchased. I received review copies of each of the books for the sole purposes of reviewing the material. All opinions expressed…
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Learning Place Value with LEGO Re-Grouping Boards
Learning the value of numbers can be frustrating to some children. No sooner do they learn that 9 means there are 9 of an item when we move on to teach the value of the tens place. So the 9 in the tens value place means there are 90 of an item. Yep. I can see why it can be confusing! What we need to do is focus on the basics rather than the number in the spot. Showing a child what each spot looks like can help them to mentally piece together what the value of a place holder is. So seeing 95 or 195 in bulk can help…
