Yes, Lego is Art! The first time I considered LEGO as an art form was in response to a television special on LEGO Artists. I was amazed to see what these brilliant people can do with Legos as a medium! As I considered ways to bring Lego Art into our homeschool — I thought, “Why […]
LEGOLAND Florida NINJAGO WORLD (VIDEO)
We had the chance to attend the VIP grand opening of the all new LEGOLAND Ninjago World at LEGOLAND Florida with about 200 other journalists and celebrities who joined in the celebration! Check out the awesome new ride experience in our video below! During the big grand opening ceremony, the stars demonstrated several ninja waving […]
5 Reasons to Visit LEGOLAND Florida Resort
It’s no secret we are huge Lego fans in our home. There’s nothing much better than bringing those bricks to life with a visit to LEGOLAND Florida Resort. As a family, we’ve been building with LEGO bricks for over ten years. I’ve coached FIRST Lego League Robotics the last four years. As homeschoolers, we use […]
World Premiere: The Lego Movie 4D at LEGOLAND Florida
As the song goes, everything was awesome for the world premiere event at LEGOLAND, Florida, showcasing the all new “Lego Movie 4D- A New Adventure“! In celebration of the LEGO company’s 58th birthday, the all new 12-minute 3D film short featuring “4D” effects is a super treat through a windy, wet and wild adventure for all […]
the Fabulous LEGO Learning Giveaway
My days never seem to pass without building- and stepping on- the fabulous multi colored bricks in our home. Between birthday gifts, chore board rewards, garage sale finds and our own purchases- my ten year old estimates we have 300,000 bricks. Yes. That comma is in the correct spot. A couple years into our homeschooling […]
Learning Valuable Life Skills through Lego Robotics
Of all the adventures we embark upon when we are homeschooling, Lego Robotics. Trumps. ALL. Whoo hoo! First Lego League! Most of the time around here, Homeschooling is a misnomer. We are hardly ever home. And we certainly don’t resemble school. Click To Tweet When season for FIRST Lego League runs around, I am as […]
Inspired by the Bricks: a lego stop action and poem.
Lego Stop Action and a Poem These bricks, these bricks are everywhere in my pantry and the green chair. We’ve tried to sort them all by color How they escape? I’ll always wonder- The plastic bins Never can contain them- Because he’s always rearrangin’ We pick them up and then, just then- It’s time […]
7 Secrets to a Non-Conforming Homeschool
This was originally written for the Home Educating Family blog. Click over there and read the descriptions of a non-conforming homeschool! Do you remember a song from your childhood that sang “Make new friends, but keep the old… one is silver and the other gold?” One of my “silver” friends is a recent Floridian transplant […]
