Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Coding with Lego Blocks

Authors:

Jessica Amsbary

Publication Date:

revised 8/9/2023

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Lego blocks are excellent materials to target STEM activities with young children. Children can create, build, and imitate structures AND put together Lego block patterns and sequences. Children will have fun interpreting the codes and putting the movements and sounds together!

PDF icon DPA-Lego Block Coding.pdf

Audience: 

  • Families

Developmental stage: 

  • 3-5

Setting: 

  • Home

Resource Type: 

  • Activity cards (playtime, daily routines)

Topic: 

  • Technology (Computational Thinking)
  • Engineering
  • Math

Level of Intended Impact: 

  • Knowledge application

Language: 

  • English

Developer / Author: 

  • STEMIE

Routines and Everyday Activities: 

  • Playtime (indoors & outdoors)

Resources for Families: 

  • Discovery Play Activities