Playing with Lego can improve your child's English

@Bev Sisson

Let’s face it “Who doesn’t like Lego®?”

It’s enjoyed by big kids and little kids all over the world.

With over a billion bricks a year being manufactured, there is something for everyone.

The horror of standing on a block in your stocking feet is a thing of the past!
Check out these socks……

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So, what can Lego teach your Children?

The Benefits:

We can break it down into areas, firstly the overall benefits:

It improves:

Hand eye coordination
Problem solving
Creativity and imagination
Fine motor skills

It can be….

Used Independently
Or In Groups, which encourages discussion, contribution and sharing

And it is….

Stimulating
Engaging
And great FUN

“There are a lot of skills around resilience and problem solving and creativity that you learn through play.” Says the CEO of Lego® - Niels Christiansen

Teaching English through creating:

Reproducing a simple design:

Children must analyze what they see, perceive the parts that make up the whole, and figure out how the parts relate to each other.

Create a simple construction (relevant to the child’s age)
Your child must reproduce it

During this project you can communicate. For example, choosing the bricks by number of pips, these can be counted in English. Teaching left and right, in the middle, on the edge, line up, use of colour etc

Producing a logical pattern of words:

Choose the relevant number of long single pip blocks.

Attach or write a month of the year/day of the week to each block
Your child must place them in the correct order

This can also be used using number patterns, basic maths, simple sentences, words to favourite nursery rhyme or song titles. Anything to do with hobbies or what they enjoy keeping concentration to a maximum.

Teaching contractions:

A contraction is a shortened form of a word (or group of words) that omits certain letters or sounds. In most contractions , an apostrophe represents the missing letters. The most common contractions are made up of verbs, auxiliaries, or modals attached to other words:
He would = He'd. I have = I've. They are = They're.

Check out the video above. For your child, they're playing with Lego, great! For you, your'e teaching your child contractions, great!
A win, win situation.

I think we can safetly say, Lego is a fabulous way to encourage your children to practice English.
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