One idea that I love is to challenge students or my kids to make things that are simple and easy. One of the classic examples is the LEGO Duck Challenge. Check out my short video experimenting with my daughter who was 4 at the time as well as my son.

Play allows us to:

• Team build
• Unleash creative thinking for accelerated innovation
• Work out a solution to a shared problem
• Create a shared mindset about something
• Have constructive discussions where everybody is heard
• Build a shared vision
• Develop leadership
• Engage in one-on-one and team coaching
• Interact with children, family, school, etc

Using LEGO for Family STEM Event http://wp.me/p4covo-22G

LEGO Design Thinking Experience Workshop for Students http://wp.me/p4covo-22o

The Powerful Learning in Making a LEGO Duck http://wp.me/p4covo-1Ln

• http://www.globalschoolplayday.com/
• http://davidgauntlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/LEGO_LLI09_Systematic_Creativity_PUBLIC.pdf
• The future depends on play

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• Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play

ted.com/talks/lang/en/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play.h

• Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

ted.com/talks/lang/en/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

• Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!

ted.com/talks/sunni_brown.html

• Make Writing with LEGO Instead of Writing Old School
  • Using LEGO to build a rough draft story concept.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-1yX
• Tennis Ball LEGO Tower
  • With your team in 7 minutes, build the tallest tower you can with LEGOs that will support a tennis ball above a table. Measure the height in inches from the tabletop to the top of the tennis ball.
  • Materials:
    • Tub of assorted LEGO bricks
    • 1 tennis ball
    • Ruler
  • Idea from Wes Fryer
• Schoolwide LEGO World build challenge update!
  • A fun idea to include 1100 students in building with LEGO.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-OT
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-Nb
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-LY
• LEGO EV3: Bluetooth Project - Windy City
  • Using LEGO EV3 to prototype a product created by students to help with wind damage.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-Nw
• LEGO Creation Challenge #9
  • Use 20 random pieces to challenge teachers and students to build with free play.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-bj
• Coffeechug's LEGO Imagination Contest #1 - Halloween
  • More challenge ideas.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-bu
• LEGO Teacher Nametag Prototype
  • A fun activity to use LEGO.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-bR
• Moving To Middle LEGO Challenge #1: Eye Slide
  • Moving to middle build challenge.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-cn
• Robodogs and the Power of FLL Learning
  • Using LEGO EV3 and First LEGO League helped me to see value in learning.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-1yo
• Hands On is Key to Learning
  • A community event to promote hands on learning.
  • http://wp.me/p4covo-1yT
• LEGO Your School
  • Variety of activities and ideas.
  • Put bowls of Lego bricks in your meeting rooms and see what happens
  • Combine Lego with other facilitation techniques
  • Play around with the Lego bricks and invent new challenges
  • Build a Lego wall
  • http://coffeeforthebrain.com/?s=lego+challenge&submit=Search
• Cortical Homunculus
  • To learn more about this concept.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_homunculus