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Easy Lego Activities That Use Basic Bricks

Allison McDonald — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 17:35:06 +0000

In late January, I had the pleasure of speaking about preschool STEM to a dedicated group of educators with Weekdays Childcare. I love speaking to teachers, and during this presentation, I shared one of my favorite simple STEM activities, Lego Challenges. Today as I was prepping to share a photo of a Lego challenge on […]

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LEGO Game – Roll, Build, and Create!

Allison McDonald — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:36:34 +0000

LEGO is huge at our house. Even if some of their marketing to girls efforts miss the mark (did you read this?), the toy is still amazing for boys and girls. LEGO is creative as well as great for spatial and fine motor skills. This LEGO game is super simple and is probably one of […]

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{Travel Solutions}Lego Crazy Action Contraptions

Allison McDonald — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:21:17 +0000

We live a few hours and a sometimes long border wait away from my parents and while they have picked up a toy here and there they don’t have a lot for my kids to do other than TV. My kids always want to pack a million of their toys and I end up saying […]

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Preschool Math Lesson : Lego Measurement

Allison McDonald — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:05:32 +0000

Using non-standard units ( like lego blocks, your own feet, etc…) to introduce children to measurement is a fun and functional way of doing it. They are comfortable with the items they are using to measure, and it’s a little less abstract than a standard unit like an inch or centimeter. They can see and […]

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