How it works: As the kids arrive, they are assigned a building you would typically see in a city. They then go and build it using the Legos.
After an hour or so of constructing their assigned buildings, the kids gather around to build the city.
Ed, my wonderful helper, carefully takes each building from the kid and puts it in the appropriate place in the city. (museums = downtown; airport = outside the city)
At the end you have a Lego city. I love seeing how creative kids can be. Notice the skyscraper, hospital and restaurant with patio seating.
Afterward some parents and their kids stuck around to help us break everything down. Owen was smitten with this little girl. He scooted across the room to sit right next to her and then just stared at her. She found him a little odd but let him sit next to her anyway.
Building Legos with 85 kids wears a person out but it's definitely worth it. (Shortly after this photo was taken, we went home and took a 3 hour family nap.) It's something the kids look forward to every year and so do I.
I need to give a shout-out to Susan, the best Lego MC ever; Jeff with his crazy train building skills; my pirate Anabel and Ms. "I'm going to kill that kid" Mary. Thank you, thank you. Until next year!
3 comments:
What a cool event!! Way to get the kids into some city planning early. Love, Trina
Neat early education and what a fun idea for future city planners..........I love seed planting, who knows where the next planner may be found.
Is Owen wearing a belt?
I tried to comment on this yesterday, but could not get my good account open again! This was really interesting, I do remember your posts from last year. They were great, too! Mom said she liked seeing Owen watch that little girl. She said "He had his eye on her." Congratulations on another job well done!
Love to all, Mom & Grandma Miller
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