[Michlib-l] LEGO Nights

[Mary Carleton]

http://www.therobotgarage.com/

Taking this a bit further, those in Metro Detroit area can avail themselves
of this company, they bring the party (and expertise).
We know this was done at Royal Oak PL, and it looks very cool --
Lego-Robotics party.

Just a rosy dream??

Mary C.


*Mary Carleton* <mary.carleton at farmlib.org>* MLIS* Coordinator of
Technology

Farmington Community Library <http://www.farmlib.org/>

32737 West Twelve Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48334

Ph: 248-848-4302   Fax: 248-553-6892

*“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”*   *William James *


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 5:05 PM, <scrotser-toy at alleganlibrary.org> wrote:

> Our program is simply called, "Lego Club", and it's pretty unstructured. I
> do begin with a theme, however I think it's really remarkable the ideas
> kids come up with on their own-- I like that the unstructured nature of
> things allows them that freedom.  In other words, hardly anyone sticks with
> my theme, but what they do is so impressive, I've got no complaints.  I
> take lots of photos which we keep in our Lego Album - for posterity (and in
> case anyone wants to remember what they've done before).  We also have a
> large selection of Duplos for smaller children, so I don't specify an age
> limit. For each Lego Club I assemble every Lego book in the stacks in one
> place to entice reading, too.
>
> I'm always interested to discover what others are doing with Legos.
>
> Thanks for asking, Angela.
>
> -Sharon Crotser-Toy
> Allegan District Library
>
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] LEGO Nights
> From: Cari Fry <cari.fry at westlandlibrary.org>
> Date: Tue, November 26, 2013 1:43 pm
> To: Angela Scott <angelas1028 at gmail.com>,
> "michlib-l at mail.mcls.org" <michlib-l at mail.mcls.org>
>
> Hi Angela...
>
> We call our program Lego Read & Play.  I read a book on a story carpet to
> introduce the theme.  Kids spend a little while (if the want to) making a
> Lego to go with the theme.  ex.  Elephant & Piggie book, then they made a
> "Pig" or an "Elephant", then we took pics to display in the library.  (see
> below)
>
>
>
>
> Some kids just don't want to participate in the "theme", so I don't make
> them.  After about 20 minutes of together projects, the kids go and make
> friends playing Lego all around the room.
>
> Cari Fry
> Westland Library
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* michlib-l-bounces at mail.mcls.org on behalf of Angela Scott
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 26, 2013 3:14 PM
> *To:* michlib-l at mail.mcls.org
> *Subject:* [Michlib-l] LEGO Nights
>
>      Hello Everyone,
>
>  The library I currently work for is thinking about starting a LEGO night
> and I had a few questions for public libraries that already offer these
> programs:
>
>  1) How did you get started, did you purchase the LEGOs, except donations?
>  2) Is there any structure to these programs or do kids basically just
> come in and play?
>  3) Do you have different ages come in at different times to ensure the
> very young children don't swallow the smaller LEGOS?
>
>
>  I am curious to hear about how other libraries run their LEGO nights and
> would appreciate any additional information they have to offer.
>
> Thank you,
>
>  Angela Scott
>  angelas1028 at gmail.com
>
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