4. Goals
• Make a new friend(s) at TJ
• Work with a small team to remember joys of play
• Enhance prior learning
• Understand importance of play
• Infuse play with the classroom
• Have fun!
5. Find A New Friend
https://coffeeforthebrain.com/legoisawesome/
22. Brick Builders Unite!
1. The LEGO build IS the answer
2. Everybody builds and everybody shares.
3. There is no ONE right answer.
4. Think with your hands!
5. Listen with your eyes
6. Be respectful in comments and builds
23. Challenge Flow
1 2 3
Part 1: The Challenge Part 2: Building Part 3: Sharing
30. Build What You Know
Think about what you are currently
teaching…….
Build a concept from that standard
Build an event
Build an element students struggle with
33. Play is learning!
visual perception
systems thinking
long-term memory
mental imagery
attention
executive functioning
self-regulation
emotional regulation
self-efficacy
visual search
symbolic representations
spatial visualization
self-assessment
perspective-taking
adaptive social functioning
imitation
sensory-motor skills
cognitive flexibility
kinesthetic awareness
short-term memory
mental rotation
fine motor skills
working memory
spatial abilities
34. Think about this
• I had to think about what the concept looks like.
• I had to look at my inventory of materials to consider how to build.
• I had to put the bricks together.
• I had to change ideas.
• I needed to defer judgment and try to build.
• I needed to control my emotions (fear, panic, excitement).
• I had to encourage myself.
• I started to look at other builds
• I had to do something - so many times we do nothing!
45. Explain this!
• Practicing creative thinking and using metaphors is helpful.
• We can give bricks any meaning we want.
• You don’t need sophisticated LEGO technical skills,
because you can make a brick mean anything you like.
46. Going clockwise starting from the
person closest to the screen:
You have 30 seconds to explain
the topic given to you.
51. What did we experience that
can benefit your learning?
52. Think about the following:
• The learning journey is more important than the product
• The work is not the art; you are the art!
• What is the experience you’re trying to create?
• What are the learning goals and outcomes you want to
achieve?
55. The scandal of education is
that every time you teach
something, you deprive a
child of the pleasure and
benefit of discovery.
Seymour Papert
56. Children are
current people
• More than future
employers
• More than an ID # on
a spreadsheet
• More than making a
school look good
Children
matter NOW!