1. Work in teams and take turns to build the tallest tower.

2. Make letters or numbers to support the development of basic language and numeracy skills.

3. Create fantasy creatures and tell stories about them.

4. Count, sort and match bricks to make patterns and develop children’s problem-solving and numeracy skills.

5. Read a favourite story and then build characters and scenes from the book.

Instant Success with LEGO® Education We are keen for you to get the most out of your LEGO® Education resources so have put some of our favourite ideas together for you. They are quick, simple and fun and should help your children explore and learn.

So many ways to learn.

Idea: For further development or for older children why not swap the LEGO® DUPLO® bricks for the smaller System bricks.

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Get your children to:

•Choosetheirfavouritecharacter andgetthemtodescribewhat theylooklike.

•Tellastoryaboutwhattheir characterlikes,wherethey liveorwork.

•Workinasmallgrouptomake aplacefortheircharacterstolive.

•UseLEGODUPLOcharacters asaninspirationfordressing upastheirfavourite communitymember.

Ages 2-3 | For 2-4 childrenForages4+,youcanusethesmaller LEGO®bricksandminifiguressets.

What you need

Ideasfor

Personal,Social&EmotionalDevelopmentSkills covered:

Developing a positive sense of self Respecting others

Team workingExploring different cultures and communities

9027 LEGO® DUPLO® Brick Set 9224 Community People

Brown hair

Works at the zoo

My favourite animal is a giraffe

Develop your ideas further Encourage your children to:

•Workinpairstocreateamodel usingonlyacertainnumberof bricksorcolours.

•UseLEGO®DUPLO®charactersfor discussionabouthowtheyfeelwhen…

•Learnaboutrolesandresponsibilities inthecommunitybydiscussing.

•TakepicturesoftheirLEGODUPLO modelstodisplayinclass.

•UseLEGODUPLOcharacterstotalk aboutsimilaritiesanddifferences.

Recommended Resources

9224 Community People Set9071 Large LEGO DUPLO Building Plates9348 Community Minifigures Set9384 LEGO® Brick Set9218 Wild Animals Set

Blue trousers

Wearing a hat

Brown eyes

Green leaves

Lady

Ideasfor

Personal,Social&EmotionalDevelopment

Boy

Works at the zoo

Use less than 20 bricks

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More Activities…

ExtensionIdeas•KnowledgeandUnderstanding: Learn about different animals, their habitats and relationships.•Communication: Create discussion to identify animals and extend vocabulary.•Numeracy: Use problem-solving to categorise, count and sort animals.

ExtensionIdeas•KnowledgeandUnderstanding: Learn about key roles and responsibilities in the community.•Communication: Encourage storytelling and discussion about what happens in your community.•ProblemSolving:Identify the different characters by describing what they look like.

ExtensionIdeas•KnowledgeandUnderstanding: Explore the life of dinosaurs and when they lived.•Communication:Create discussion and extend vocabulary around the dinosaur theme.•SelfExpression:Encourage your children to build an environment for the dinosaurs to live in.

Activity:Guess the Wild Animal

Activity:What’s my job?

Activity:Dinosaur Dig

Learn about animal names andhow they live with this exciting guessing activity.

•Placetheanimalsinaclothbag•Taketurnstoguesstheanimal before choosing one from the bag.•Talkaboutwheretheanimallives.•Worktogethertosortthe animals into families.

Learn about the roles in the community with this fun game.

•PlaceLEGO® DUPLO® people or minifigures on base plates for the children to share.•Taketurnsdiscussingwhateach character does in the community.•Guessacharacterbylisteningto a description of where they work.•Cooperateinteamstobuild where each character works.

Conductadinosaurdigbyhiding LEGO®DUPLO® bricks under a blanket and call them dinosaur bones.

•Findthebricksbyusing sense of touch. •Describeanddiscussthe position of bricks and where to look.•Worksinsmallgroups to build dinosaurs.

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