Welcome to our adventure. I am the mother of three children. My daughter is turning 8 next month, my son is turning 6 next month and my other son is 4. My middle child received a lego kit last year for his birthday and my youngest child received a big tub of legos in May for his birthday. And that was the absolute beginning of their love of these little bricks.
Two months ago, some older boys in our neighborhood passed along a box full of their legos that they had outgrown. What a gift! Thank you to Zack, Jeremy, Evan and Alex. We have been playing non stop ever since. So much so, that I recently turned our livingroom into our homework and lego room. It is where we spend the most time these days. Between craft projects, homework, Girl Scouts and the never ending lego creations, we are all quite happy there.
Currently, I'm looking for ideas that would be appropriate ways to run a lego club for the age group we are in now. I looked at Jr. First Lego League and it's a little more advanced than we are. Besides, if I'm going to spend $25 related to this hobby, it's going to be on BRICKS! LOL.
My plans for this blog are to share with other parents of young children anything I learn that might help you along with documenting my children's creations. I'm sure they will be elementary at first but hopefully the skills and creativity will grow and they will become quite talented at something that is both educational and keeps them out of trouble! It seems to me that everything I've found thus far on the web are too advanced for the fun-yet-educational aspects of what I'm hoping to achieve. So, if you know some simple ideas for stimulating creative play for children these ages, please share. I'd love to know about them.
