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Creative Writing with LEGO® Builds

by Amy Blevins 7 Comments

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Have I mentioned that we love LEGO®? In particular, I have six kids and one husband and they all own and play with LEGOs. Okay, I admit that my husband does not play with his legos as much as they are displayed. But he has them! Am I the only one whose children make up stories, towns, currencies, and a system of government for their LEGO play? I don’t think so.

I’m pretty sure your kids do that too! For the last week or so my kids (all six from 15 to 5) have been playing together in a LEGO Universe. They each have a certain number of people (minifigs), a certain amount of money (tiny bricks) and a trade good or some kind of store. They buy, sell, rent, and build and tell the story for at least an hour per day on this LEGO universe.

Is your child struggling to write, or struggling to write cheerfully? Perhaps they just need to approach it differently? Try encouraging them to write about what they love.  Take a look at how we use LEGO Builds to get the creative writing process going.

If you are like me, you have watched your kids play LEGOs and wondered “How can I harness this passion for the greater good.?” i.e. the education of my children. Now, I firmly believe that children are learning all the time when they play. Play is so important for our brains! I also think that taking play into the realm of formal learning is a great idea. So I asked my big kids — if you were writing about LEGO Learning all week, what you would you write about?

The first answer from my eldest was Creative Writing. I think that’s because she has been using LEGOs for her creative writing assignments in our Middle School/High School Blogger Link-Up. No matter what the theme, she uses either her LEGO stories, Bionicles stories (also legos) or Minecraft stories as her springboard. Some of the things she has come up with have astonished me! Here’s how she does Creative Writing With LEGO.

  1. First, she builds LEGOs or Bionicles with siblings, narrating a story as she builds.
  2. Once she has everything built, she takes lots of pictures of the characters and scenery.
  3. When it is time to write, she writes the story she has been sharing with her siblings and uploads the pictures to illustrate.

Is your child struggling to write, or struggling to write cheerfully?  Maybe she just needs a new angle!  Once I started encouraging my daughter to write about the things she loves, I have seen a huge improvement in her writing skill and creative form.

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About Amy Blevins

Amy lives with her husband and six beautiful children in Northern Virginia. Besides blogging, Amy enjoys homeschooling, hiking, reading, singing, teaching, and serving Jesus above all. Welcome.

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  1. Missy @ Dot-to-Dot Connections says

    April 8, 2014 at 8:04 AM

    This is exactly why I got my kids to start their LEGO blog 🙂 As they build and play with their LEGO, they are always making up stories to go along with it. So many times I wished I could video tape their stories, or preserve them some way! So, we started their blog, Stories From Our LEGO Town! They build, I take pictures, and they tell me the story that goes along with the pictures and we post them on their blog 🙂 They love it! And I love that they are doing “school” without even realizing it 😉

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    • Amy Blevins says

      April 8, 2014 at 9:50 AM

      You need to get some affiliate links on their blog to pay for college! Did I mention that already? I love your idea!

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      • Missy @ Dot-to-Dot Connections says

        April 22, 2014 at 8:21 PM

        Yes, I took your advice and got them some affiliates 🙂 Thanks for the great idea!

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  2. Lexi says

    April 9, 2014 at 7:59 AM

    I never thought about using Lego creations as a writing prompt! That is brilliant!

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  3. Lynn says

    April 10, 2014 at 1:28 PM

    I love how creative you can be with using legos in your homeschool. Thanks for sharing this with the blog world 🙂

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