Tag: Recreation

Part Two

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LEGOS!
 
 
 
Building with Legos is a serious business
 
around my home. My 13 year old son and
 
his 10 year old sister have been playing
 
with Legos for years. They have built a
 
whole world of Legos and they dubbed it
 
LEGOLAND. My son can go on the Lego
 
web site, look at the schematics for a Lego
 
car model for a few seconds and then a few
 
hours later, he’s built the same car from
 
memory.
 
What’s really going one underneath all
 
that playing? Well for starters, building
 
with Legos teaches problem solving. It
 
allows for creativity which leads to some
 
great inventions! And also I believe there
 
are things going on in the child’s brain
 
that defy labeling. So next time your child
 
is engrossed with Legos, don’t pull her
 
away from them, go buy her another few
 
hundred blocks and encourage this type of
 
creativity.
 
 

 

 

Part One

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Let’s play! That’s one of a child’s favorite things to do; unfortunately as they get older games are left out of their education. Why get rid of such an important tool? I have integrated games as a way of teaching new concepts and reinforcing material I’ve taught in the past. This will be a series of blogs where I will share some of my ideas on how you can create your own games and implement them into your curriculum.
 
Trivia games such as Trivial Pursuit are great for learning and retaining facts about different subjects. I created my own version. I found an old Trivial Pursuit game board and kept all of the game pieces; the only difference is I have come up with my own questions using the various subjects I’ve taught over the years. So my home version of Trivial Pursuit has different categories such as: Bible Knowledge, Art, Sciences, Geography, Famous Quotes, History, The Language Arts and Spanish. We have a great time playing our home version and as new material is learned, I add to my question bank.
 
See, I told you a little imagination is all you need…enjoy your day!