Information technology's easy to start thinking of LEGO® bricks as the perfect tool for creative Stem lessons, only recently we've seen some pretty cool lessons using LEGO® bricks for things similar science, English language language arts and even writing. Here are some of our favorite ideas for boosting creativity and date in all sorts of subjects using LEGO® Education StoryStarter and some ingenuity.

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Hither's how Snowflake StoryStarter works in my first grade classroom:

i. Use StoryStarter to proceed your lessons varied.
"I use the LEGO® Pedagogy StoryStarter curriculum as my main resource while teaching technology to M–5 students. I love the StoryStarter ready and have been impressed with the level of creativity and expression students have when using the multi-purpose props that come in each ready. There are many unique pieces, and students are very excited to use them all. This results in a high level of student engagement and easy classroom management since students are so eager to work on the projects with yous.

Probably my favorite part nearly the curriculum is how each student tin create something unique with every assignment (equally opposed to everyone creating the aforementioned affair, such as a turkey made from a cutout of your hand, for example). Information technology allows you lot to learn well-nigh the stories that are important in your students' lives while challenging them to think deeply almost their lives, experiences and opinions in a depression-pressure level setting." —Jesse Douglas

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2. Aid struggling readers.
"I am a reading interventionist at an elementary schoolhouse, and after trying out LEGO® Education StoryStarter, I applied for a grant last twelvemonth to go kits in every classroom in our schoolhouse. On Fridays, I use the kits with my struggling readers to teach enrichment skills, and they not only love it, they are learning so much.

"For example, last week I taught the concept that every story has a problem and a solution. My students then used StoryStarter to set up a story that demonstrated a problem and and then outlined a solution. Some other week, I taught sequencing, then they set up a story using StoryStarter bricks. Then they used sequencing words to retell the story and prove me that they understood the skill.

"LEGO® Education StoryStarter is a great way to monitor progress and see how each individual child is progressing. And even the almost reluctant readers and writers love to tell and write about the things they have congenital! —Diana Hahn

three. Host a summer writing camp.
"Nosotros utilise LEGO® Education StoryStarter kits to host a summer writing camp. The kids use StoryStarter to accept a story from idea to conceptualizing to rough draft to last, published book, and they love every minute of it!" —Jason Tar

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4. Employ StoryStarter to get ELL students talking.
"I teach remedial reading with more often than not English-language learners, and LEGO® Education StoryStarter kits take been amazing for that group! The LEGO® bricks allow them to anticipate and think through a story before they talk, and the software and instructions guide them through the process so they can actually start formulating words in English language. Plus, they dearest information technology!" —T.E.

5. Utilise StoryStarter to teach kids summary skills.
This instructor uses LEGO® Pedagogy StoryStarter to help her second graders summarize major pieces of literature and to discuss concepts similar beginning, middle and end likewise as story structure. For example, in this blog mail, she shows how a second grader summarized The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe using LEGO® Educational activity StoryStarter bricks and software.

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6. Use StoryStarter every bit an enriching advantage.
"The digital comic-book software that comes with the LEGO® Didactics StoryStarter set is the perfect motivator to get students working on their typing and computer skills. I give kids the opportunity to use information technology as a advantage for finishing piece of work or on days when they brandish peachy behavior. They take digital photos and and then arrange them into a story. They beloved information technology, and information technology's an activity that requires high-level thinking skills that can be applied in multiple curricular areas." —Jesse Douglas

vii. Give your students a blank canvas for learning.
This classroom uses LEGO® Educational activity StoryStarter bricks (against a backdrop of white butcher newspaper) to copy scenes from stories and then put on a evidence starring their favorite LEGO® Minifigures. Get the total details on how to brand this happen here.

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