Earlier this year while attempting to ORGANIZE the bazillions of tiny Lego parts and pieces we own my son(s) and I began discussing the idea of starting our own Lego Club. I figured we had enough Legos on our own to facilitate some build-challenges. When I mentioned this idea to a good friend of mine she jumped on board immediately offering to help coordinate.
She and I did our homework of researching and collecting Lego Club ideas online. I have a Pinterest board with Lego ideas here. Since we are homeschooling mamas we made this a homeschooling Lego Club complete with short fun writing assignments and lots of building challenges. Tami and I met for about an hour or so at my house and made a plan.
Our Plan
- We scheduled 26 two- hour Club meetings over the upcoming year, meeting every two weeks as a rule. Since this is for homeschoolers we are free to meet during the day.
- We planned out the homework assignments which include alternating between a simple Lego challenges to make at home and bring to the following meeting (using their own Legos) and do a short 1-2 minute presentation (telling everyone about their creation).
- On alternate meetings they have a short writing assignment with a prompt from a Mini-figure’s perspective PLUS they have to build something out of Legos to go with their short writing assignment. They bring that to the meetings and read their story and tell us about their Lego creation during presentation time.
- After presentation they are assigned a group-build challenge and encouraged to break up into small groups of their own choosing, though they can build alone if they wish.
So far so good. The kids are getting a little creative writing, public speaking, building challenges and that oh-so important extra: SOCIALIZATION! Find Lego Printables here.
Oh, and one more thing: I created a secret private Facebook group for our little club allowing members to share pictures, ask questions and I can update with our weekly assignment reminders.
I know Lego Clubs have been gaining some popularity, particularly through our local library. Do your kids participate in a Lego Club anywhere? Do you do something different? Please share in the comments, thanks for reading!
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Thanks for dropping a comment, Annette! There should be a free printable list of our Lego Club schedule with topics, I believe, on one of these posts.
I would love to know what kind of challenges you came up with and the writing assignments to go with them. That would be SO fun to do.
The kids have a great time together, thanks, Cindy!
Looks like a lot of fun!
Hi Scarlet! Thank you for your comment and interest in our Lego Club. One day while trying to sort the boys’ Legos the boys and I decided we wanted to have our own club (I wanted to put those Legos to good use 😉 ). A friend and I did some research online and put together a plan. Our group is just a small handful of families that I knew plus a couple cousins (about a dozen kids). I have a free printable of our schedule (edited version) that you can download/print at this post: http://www.halloffamemoms.com/2015/11/ultimate-lego-party-supply-list-with-diy/
Check out my Pinterest boards (I have 2) for Legos for more ideas – I also have a about 12 or more other homeschooling boards on http://www.Pinterest.com/tzdelar . If you have any further questions, feel free to email me or leave a comment. Thanks again! Tracy
I was wondering if I could get some information about your Lego Club. We are new to homeschooling so we are just discovering what is available in the homeschooling community. Our 3rd great daughter is a lego enthusiast and I would love to get her involved in your club. I know that the lego club has already started but we were hoping that she could still join. She is a sweet, easy-going child so she would not be a disruption.
If you could get back to me that would be great. Thank you, Scarlet Rue.