50+ Lego Unit Study Ideas

LEGO® is so much more than just a toy. There are countless opportunities to use these “toys” for learning through play with your kids. If you’ve been on my site for more than just a few minutes than you know how important making learning fun is to me! Unit studies are also a great love of mine as well, so putting together a list of ways to create a Lego Unit Study made perfect sense!

This list of LEGO® Unit Study Ideas is just a place for you to start. Don’t ever limit your homeschooling journey to what others say counts as learning. Let this be a springboard of ideas to inspire you and your kids to incorporate Lego® into your homeschool every day!

50+ Lego Unit Study Ideas

Math 

• Use them as counters for addition.

• Young children can use bigger LEGO® bricks to learn colors.

• Weigh and compare bricks.

• Sort by color, size, and shape

• Measure individual bricks, stack and measure height or length.

• Create oversized numbers and math symbols for hands-on math work.

• Demonstrate multiplication and division by creating arrays with them.

• Create fractions with them.

• Make a pattern with LEGO® and have your child duplicate it.

• Write large numbers on sheets of paper, sort by how many studs each has.

• Use them to teach ones, tens, and hundreds place by creating your own base 10 blocks.

• Make a LEGO® clock to teach time.

• Use bricks to make a bar graph and poll family and friends for data.

Geography/History/Social Studies

• Research the history of LEGO®’s- Who invented them?When? What did the original box contain? When were they invented? Find it on a map.

• Use legos to create a map, landmark, or famous person that you are studying.

• Create a flag using LEGO®.

• Make a LEGO diorama of a famous city or landmark.

• Create a figure or the head of a famous person in history.

• Make a volcano from blocks and use food coloring, vinegar, and baking soda to create a lava flow! (You get science and geography here!)

• Create a topographical map of mountains, valleys, rivers, oceans, etc…

• Create a tectonic plate model.

• Make a timeline of history using LEGO® minifigs.

Science/Technology

• Create a working scale or catapult.

• Build a marble maze with LEGO® bricks and a baseplate.

• Create the layers of the earth with bricks.

• Make a human, plant, or animal cell.

• Make a LEGO® sundial, take it outdoors and learn how to read it.

• Create the planets and place them in order from Mercury to Neptune.

• Build a model of the water cycle and label it.

• Build different tree types- deciduous, coniferous. What are the differences?

Language Arts

• Use LEGO® to create large letters for preschoolers to identify or let them build it themselves.

• Write letters on the side of each brick and use them for spelling.

• Research and write out what the word LEGO® means.

• Write step-by-step directions on how to create a simple LEGO® build.

• Give LEGO®-themed writing prompts- My Favorite Thing About LEGO® Is, The Best Thing I Ever Built From LEGO®, etc…

• Write each part of a contraction on two bricks, the contraction as a whole on another and match them up.

• Use LEGO® to help count out syllables in words.

• Write words on each brick and have your child write sentences, have older children identify the various parts of speech.

Art

• Recreate a famous work of art from LEGO®.

• Make your own original art piece.

• Use a large base and flat pieces to create a self-portrait.

• Have younger children use the backside of bricks for stamping on paper.

• Create a photo frame using LEGO®.

• Design your dream home by drawing blueprints and then creating with Lego®.

Bible

• Use minifigs and bricks to recreate a scene from your favorite story.

Music

• Make instruments from each of the different families or groups.

Holidays and Seasons

• Design a display for each of the seasons throughout the year.

• Make a Lego® decoration for the next holiday.