Home School Unit Theme: Legos!!

I was trying to figure out what in the world our February theme would be. Since the Lego Movie comes out February 7th, I thought, hey, let's roll with what we know! We all know what the little simple blocks are, including a painful object to step on in the middle of the night, but I had no idea there were so many ways to incorporate Legos into learning. Here are some ideas we can try.

First this super cool site came up on my Facebook feed today. What a cool way to get your little one building, especially when they don't have "all the right pieces". http://www.buildwithchrome.com/

Lego Math from Milk and Cookies: http://www.milkandcookiesblog.com/2012/04/lego-math-for-elementary-school.html

Building a Lego mosaic map, perfect for my geography nut. http://buildinglegoswithchrist.blogspot.com/2013/07/our-world-lego-mosaic-map.html

Several great lessons in here, including some Ancient History which H said he wanted to learn this month.
http://www.easyfunschool.com/Lego-Unit-Study-Links.html

Nifty little Lego Unit Study: http://www.walkingbytheway.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/LEGO_final_RV%281%29.pdf

We'll of course play some Creationary.


Tons of links here, too many for me to sort through right now! http://livingmontessorinow.com/2013/06/20/free-lego-printables-and-70-plus-lego-learning-activities/

We'll make some countries also for the geography obsessed H. http://www.ourworldwideclassroom.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/is-there-anything-you-cant-do-with-lego.html

As always Mary has great ideas over at Homegrown Learners. http://www.homegrownlearners.com/home/2013/8/28/learning-with-legos.html

When my guys are off screen probation they can use the Lego Movie Maker app to do some stop motion films about their Legos! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lego-movie-maker/id516001587?mt=8

Apparently this is not an ongoing blog anymore, but here are the 52 Lego Quests to create. http://legoquestkids.blogspot.ca/2012/10/final-challenge-quest-52.html

We're naturally going to see the Lego Movie, preferably as a field trip with our homeschool friends. I'm also making Lego inspired chocolates with these molds.

So I hope you find some Lego inspiration here! I'm looking forward to a great month!

~~Amy

January Home School Theme

January is almost here!! December was a short month for us, school wise, thanks to the Winter Break. We enjoyed the theme of Snow last month, but we didn't even get to Penguins! January was supposed to be Presidents and Dental Health...well, plans change and I think Penguins would still be super fun to study. So we shall carry on with Penguins for our monthly study with a President's Day study on the proper day.


Blubber Experiment: http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/blubber.html

Watch Mr. Popper's Penguins and Read Aloud


 
Fun Penguin Crafts:http://www.havingfunathome.com/2012/01/preschool-penguin-crafts.html
Cute penguin template for paper, felt, fabric.http://sweetandlovelycrafts.blogspot.ca/2012/11/cute-penguin-craft.html

And of course go to the Audubon Aquarium and visit the penguins!


Watch "March of the Penguins" and adapt this lesson plan from Teach with Movies http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/march-of-the-penguins.html




Watch "Happy Feet"
and adapt the lesson plan from: http://www.teachwithmovies.org/talking-and-playing/happy-feet-t-p.html

Do you have any fun penguin activities?