My kids had lots of LEGOS when they were growing up. I always thought LEGOS were great for logic, architectural skills, problem-solving skills, and collaborative experiences, although we didn’t use them for focused learning activities. Now there are LOTS of amazing activities online for using LEGOS specifically for hands-on learning activities.
I love LEGO learning activities any time, but I really appreciate them in the summer as an interest-led way to prevent “summer brain drain.”
Today, I want to share some of those amazing activities. These aren’t all necessarily Montessori-inspired activities, but you can always add an activity to an activity tray or table and color code your activity to fit with traditional Montessori colors if you wish.
Here’s a fascinating post about Montessori and LEGO: Are LEGOS Montessori? by Child Development Institute of the Redwoods
The following LEGO learning activities are organized roughly by subject. Where there are multiple posts, I’m categorizing the posts under the subject of a photo I’m featuring.
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LEGO Learning Activities
LEGO Posts with a Mixture of Subjects
LEGO Education (click on the grade level and then on activities)
Learning Months of the Year with LEGOS (Photo from 1+1+1=1)
Learn It with LEGOS (Includes Link to Free Printable LEGO Kindergarten Pack) from 1+1+1=1
LEGO posts (LOTS and many with free printables!) from Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
LEGO Learning (with Free Printables) from Walking by the Way
Teach a LEGO Class (with Free Printable) from Homegrown Learners
Sharing Ideas with LEGO Learning from Homegrown Learners
LEGO Posts from A Mom with a Lesson Plan
LEGO Posts from The Tutor House
{Do It Yourself} LEGO Instruction Book by Kristina at Kids Activities Blog
LEGO and Education: Make a Lapbook by Heather at Kids Activities Blog
20+ Activities to Build LEGOS by Rachel at Kids Activities Blog
LEGO Sensorial Activities
Animal Mix Up LEGOS from I Can Teach My Child
LEGO Water Color Sorting from Play Learn Love
LEGO Activity for Tots from Laughing Kids Learn
Fun with LEGOS: Create a Rainbow by Kristina at Kids Activities Blog
LEGO Maze by Trisha at Kids Activities Blog
LEGO Math Activities
LEGO Posts from Simple Play Ideas
Ten Apples Up On Top Sensory Table with Apple Towers, Including Duplo Apple Tower
Duplo Apple Towers (number rod variation) using free printables for Ten Apples Up On Top Sensory Table and Sensory Bin (my post)
Duplo Number Rods by Julie from The Adventures of Bear at Totally Tots
Montessori Activity – Teaching Addition with Lego Brick Number Rods from Elaine Ng Friis
LEGO Posts (LOTS of posts in different subjects) from Elaine Ng Friis (photo: “Montessori Activity: Teaching Addition with Lego Brick Number Rods”) – Elaine’s old blog is no longer available. Go through the link to request access to her new blog.
LEGO Math Activities by Rachel at Kids Activities Blog
Counting and Measuring with LEGOS (Photo from The Imagination Tree)
LEGO Posts from The Imagination Tree (Photo: Counting and Measuring with LEGO)
Using LEGO to Build Math Concepts from Scholastic
LEGO Math Worksheets (Free Printables) from The Kent Chronicles
Homemade LEGO Math Game from Fun Frugal Mommy
LEGO Counting (Photo from Counting Coconuts)
LEGO Counting (with Free Printable) from Counting Coconuts
Building Patterns with LEGOS (Photo from The Work Plan)
Building a Pattern with LEGOS from The Work Plan
Creating Patterns with LEGOS from Hands On : As We Grow
Measuring with LEGOS (Photo from Nurture Store)
LEGO Math Games from Nurture Store
Activity Guide for LEGO Math (Free Printable) from Little Brick Schoolhouse
LEGO Tower Math Game (includes Free Printables) from Swamp Frog First Graders
LEGO Math and Other Activities from Counting Coconuts
Count and Stamp with LEGOS (includes Free Printable) from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational
Under Construction (A Greater Than Less Than Game – includes Free Printable) from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational
Preschool Math Activity: LEGO Measurement from No Time for Flash Cards
LEGO Posts from Boy Mama Teacher Mama
LEGO Math Game – Greater Than or Less Than (Photo from One Perfect Day – blog no longer available)
LEGO Math: Skip Counting by Deirdre at Kids Activities Blog
LEGO Fractions (Photo from E is for Explore)
LEGO Math: Symmetry from Love2Learn2Day
LEGO Fractions and LEGO Geometry (Free Printable) from E is for Explore
LEGO Golden Beads Alternative from The Learning Ark
Pythagorean Theorem with Legos (Free Printable) from Manualidades Educativas
LEGO Language Activities
LEGO Letters by Steve Barnett at Behance
LEGO Animal Alphabet (with Free Printable) from Play Learn Love
LEGO Journals or Books from The Educators’ Spin On It
Spelling with LEGO Letters from This Reading Mama
Learn to Spell with LEGOS by Rachel at Kids Activities Blog
DIY Spinny Spellers and Repurposing Duplo Bricks from Filth Wizardry
Learning to Read with LEGO Duplo (Photo from The Educators’ Spin On It)
Learning to Read with LEGO Duplo (with Free Printables) from The Educators’ Spin On It
LEGOS Make Poetry Fun (Photo from Small Types – blog no longer available)
Montessori Grammar Farm with LEGOS from Enchanted Schoolroom
LEGO Cultural Activities
LEGO Challenges from Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls
A Homemade Game for the Family: LEGO Challenge by Quirky Mama at Kids Activities Blog
The Greek Labyrinth: How to Make a Labyrinth by Marnie Craycroft at Kids Activities Blog
LEGO Catapult by Holly at Kids Activities Blog
The Sinking of the Titanic – In Legos from Adventures with Jude
Stability of Structures from Science Sparks
LEGO Chemical Reactions from How to Smile
LEGO Mondrian by Brickset
Making LEGO Landmarks from Homegrown Learners
Kids’ LEGO Learning Activities Pinterest Board
I have a Kids’ LEGO Learning Activities Pinterest Board that I pin to regularly.
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What a FANTASTIC round up Deb! Truly some inspirational activities here! Thanks for including some of mine
Thanks, Anna … and my pleasure! I always love your activities! 🙂
Thank you very much for this round up! Is very useful for us! I have a Lego Printable in my blog too. A Phytagoras theorem with Lego: http://manualidadeseducativas.blogspot.com.es/2013/02/teorema-de-pitagoras-con-lego.html
Thanks so much, Klara! That’s great … I added your link to my post. If you could add a translate widget to your sidebar, that would be awesome for my readers who don’t have Translate in their toolbar. 🙂
I have just added the translation toolbar. Thanks for including it on your post!
My pleasure, Klara! Thanks for adding the translation widget! That’ll be very helpful for my English-speaking readers. 🙂
This is a fantastic round up! Love all that you shared. Thanks for including Boy Mama Teacher Mama!!
Thanks Stephanie! My pleasure … thanks for your great LEGO activities! 🙂
This is such a comprehensive resource for all of the LEGO lovers out there! Thank you for including my LEGO Learning ideas as well! I’ll be sharing this post!
I love your Lego posts, Mary! Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
I just ADORE this collection of learning ideas! My son is still very much into Legos and building, so I know he would love to try out many of these activities. I will also have to try them out with my preschool students. Off to pin an share. Thank you!
Thanks so much, Mary Catherine! I appreciate your pinning and sharing! 🙂
WOW! This is awesome! Thank you!
Thanks so much, Eric! It’s really amazing how many great LEGO activities are available online … I’m ready for grandkids! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing our printables for learning to read with Duplos! Love this post and shared on our award winning Lego Pinterest Board! http://pinterest.com/educatorsspinon/lego-duplo-pin-win-house-party-contest/
I love your posts, Kim! Thanks so much for pinning this! 🙂
What a FANTASTIC list of resources. This should provide hours of endless fun and education.
Thanks, Valerie! I love that there’s such a variety of awesome activities available online! 🙂
Love the ideas – will pass them along!
I love this list of LEGO learning ideas. Thanks for putting it together. What a great resource.
Thanks, Bridget! I love the ideas on your site, too. 🙂
Thanks for including our Titanic! This is a fantastic resource – we’re going to be trying a bunch of these!
Thanks, Meg … and my pleasure! I love your Titanic in LEGOS. 🙂
thank you for such a wonderful list! I have a free duplo printable on my blog as well…
http://wellnurturedplantsandpillars.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/preschool-busy-ba-ideas-with-free-printable/
Thanks for your kind comment, Katie! And thanks so much for sharing the link to your free printable. 🙂
Thanks for putting together this great round up!
And for including our Montessori Lego Farm!
Thanks … and my pleasure! Your Montessori LEGO farm is awesome. 🙂
You can’t beat Lego can you – what a comprehensive list – thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much! It is hard to beat LEGO! 🙂
my son loves maths and lego – will definitely be checking out some of the resources on this combo
Thanks, Kriss! I hope you found some activities that are perfect for your son. 🙂
Outstanding resource!! So many great ideas for building & creating. Thanks for linking up at Discover & Explore – we’re featuring you this week: http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/materials-for-building-kids-and-construction
Thanks for your kind comment, Jacquie! And thanks so much for featuring my post. 🙂
What a great round-up, Can’t believe I missed it! Here is a link to our Lego Duplo Number Cards (free printable) plus 5 fun ways to use them for math learning 🙂 http://www.learnwithplayathome.com/2012/09/printable-duplo-number-cards-plus-5-fun.html
Thanks for your kind comment, Debs, and thanks so much for sharing the link to your free printable! 🙂
By the way.. thanks for linking up to Tuesday Tots. I’ve featured this post this week. 😀
Thanks so much for featuring my post, Debs! 🙂
What an amazing round-up!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
Thanks, Carrie! I appreciate it. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your creativity with all of us =) Hope to see you linked up again today. I featured this on TGIF today (http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/07/tgif-linky-party-83.html)
And it could be me, but this post is comping up all to the left with no sidebar, just thought you’d want to know.
Have a great weekend,
Beth
Thanks so much for featuring my post, Beth! You’re right about the weird layout … my theme broke. Fortunately, I have someone who was able to fix it for me. 🙂