As our boys get older, they are becoming more interested in different countries around the world. Since they love Lego and have so much of it, we have been using it in our learning. Here are some ways we love travelling the world with Lego.
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Countries
After reading about each country, build a map of the country with Legos. The easiest way to do this is to print out a blank map of the country of your choice and lay your Legos on top. You could even use the colours of the countries flag to build your Lego country map.
Some great examples of this can be found:
Australian Lego Map with Our Worldwide Classroom
Exploring History and Geography with Lego with Milk and Cookies Blog
Flags
Every country has a different flag with a special meaning and long history. Once learning about the flag, why not try building them with Lego. These are some of the flags that my boys have built:
France
Germany
And Indonesia
Famous Buildings or Landmarks
After learning more about each country and some of its famous buildings or landmarks, they try to recreate these with their Lego. This is a model of Stonehenge that my boys built.
And this is a model of the Eiffel Tower.
And lastly The Washington Monument.
Check out Lego Landmarks with Homegrown Learners to see some other wonderful examples of this.
Recently, I found some Lego Architecture Kits that were on sale. I purchased three of them for our boys and have been extremely pleased with them. Each of these Lego kit comes with the instructions on how to build the Lego as well as information on the building itself. Without even asking our boys, they read all the information before going ahead and building the structure.
The first one was the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Then they built the Empire State Building.
And lastly, their favourite (only because they have been there), the Sydney Opera House.
I just love how Lego inspire learning!
You can purchase Lego Architecture Kits from Amazon.
The Eiffel Tower
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Empire State Building
Big Ben
This post is a part of the 31 Days of Teaching Fun With Legos here at Proverbial Homemaker! Check out all the other great posts in the series!
by Stephanie, The Multi Taskin' Mom
This Post Has 4 Comments
Jamie
13 Jul 2015My son loves those LEGO kits with the large buildings, etc. He has the London Bridge sitting in his play room. Almost big enough for a real car, it seems! 🙂
Cat @ MaryMarthaMama
13 Jul 2015Love this! Thanks so much for sharing!
Elizabeth
14 Jul 2015We are going to go through countries this year, so thanks for the ideas! I know my kids are going to enjoy to be more hands on this year, in more ways than one! 🙂
Tauna
15 Jul 2015Yes! That will be so much fun. 🙂 Enjoy!