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Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

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Lego Club Disaster Cards

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Build an island out of Legos. Then pull a disaster card. Then try to find a way to fix your problem without breaking apart what you already built. LOTS OF FUN!!My blog entry here describes the activity in more

Subjects:

Engineering

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities, Task Cards

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Pete the Cat Headband

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Print these cat eyes out on yellow paper. Cut them out and glue them to strips of blue paper for Pete the Cat headbands. A nice simple craft. Did this for a Pete the Cat storytime--you can read all about it here:

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Reading, Graphic Arts

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Lego Club STEM Circus Cards

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Let's make a circus! Pull a card, then try to make a circus act AND learn about simple machines and other scientific concepts!!You can see my lesson plan and more about my Lego Club here:

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Arts & Music, Engineering

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities

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Pete the Cat Shoe Coloring Sheet

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

What color did your shoes turn?? Made this for a Pete the Cat storytime I did. You can read all about it here: https://legolibrarian.com/2018/04/12/pete-the-cat-storytime/

Subjects:

Graphic Arts, Literature

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities

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"Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs" Activity

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

First we read "Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs" by Mo Willems, stopping to talk about the crazy differences between this version and the real story. For our activity everyone got to write their own crazy version of "Three Little Bears" just like

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Graphic Arts

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities

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"Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug" Finger Puppet

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

After reading "Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug" by Jonathan Stutzman, everyone got to make baby T-Rex Finger puppets! Kids can color their dinosaur however they want, then put their fingers through the holes, and practice giving T-Rex hugs!!You

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English Language Arts, Arts & Music

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities

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Lego Mad Libs Challenge

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

My newest Lego Club challenge!! We all built around a silly sentence that we constructed via the Mad Libs format. When each kiddo was done, we put them all together to see what kind of story we created!! Another great way to work on some creative

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English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Engineering

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities

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Emoji Book Titles Quiz

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

I made this for an Emoji Party at the Library. Figure out these popular children's book titles, based on the emojis. Great fun!!Visit me here to see the whole plan: www.legolibrarian.com/2017/07/21/tween-programming-emoji-party/

Subjects:

Reading, Literature

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Games

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Make a Giant Seurat Painting!

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

If you've ever seen Seurat's "Sunday Afternoon" in person, you realize that it's HUGE, making all the tiny dots even more impressive. So I tried to duplicate that effect here. I gave my kids one slice of the picture to complete using pointillism.

Subjects:

Art History

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities

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Lego Club Monster Mix-Up Cards

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Brand new Lego Challenge!! Print out and cut out the cards, and put them into three piles--head, arms, and legs. Have kiddos pull one head card, and two arm cards and two leg cards. Then they have to build a monster based on what cards they

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Arts & Music, Engineering

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Activities, Games

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Minotaur Maze

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Made for a Greek Storytime. Defeat the Minotaur and get out of the Labyrinth!! Maze designed by me. "Diogenes" font used via dafont.com. Bullhead clipart shared by Maru via clickr.com. I wrote about more about this program

Subjects:

Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

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Activities

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Make Your Own Flip-O-Rama

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Make your own Flip-O-Rama, just like in "Captain Underpants" or "Dog Man!" I wrote more about this activity here: https://legolibrarian.com/2017/09/16/kids-programming-captain-underpants-party/

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music

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2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities

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"Crunch The Shy Dinosaur" Scavenger Hunt

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

After reading Crunch The Shy Dinosaur" by Cirocco Dunlap, I had my kiddos go on a scavenger hunt and find all the dinosaurs hiding in the library (since he's such a shy dinosaur). Numbers 1-10 are included, plus I added a bonus blank page where you

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English Language Arts, Arts & Music

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

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"Harry Potter" Transfiguration Activity

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Turn a tea cup into a frog! Print out the first two pages back-to-back on a green paper. The instructions show how to turn this "teacup" into a frog that actually hops.I wrote more about this event

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Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

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Activities

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"Don't Push the Button!" Obstacle Course

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Buttons are for pushing!! After reading "Don't Push the Button!" by Bill Cotter, kids can go on a scavenger hunt and find all the buttons that you've placed around the room. Once they press the button, they have to do something silly! It's a

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Games

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Digital Download PDF (0.67 MB)

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Medusa Mask

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

I made this for a Greek Storytime. Color it, cut it out, and start turning people into stone!! I wrote more about this program here: https://legolibrarian.com/2017/10/04/kids-programming-greek-hero-training-camp-and-story-time/

Subjects:

Drama, Literature

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

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"Dear Zoo" Activity

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

After reading "Dear Zoo," we brainstormed other zoo animals that would be silly pets. We then went to our tables, and did the first two parts of our sheets. Kiddos drew their animal and spelled it out the best they could. We ran into some

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Graphic Arts, Literature

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

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Activities

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"I Am Not a Chair!" Connect the Dots Activity

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

After reading "I Am Not a Chair!" by Ross Burach, we did these connect the dots sheets. It may look like a chair, but when you connect the dots, it's something completely different! Special thanks to Ross Burach and his agent for allowing this

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English Language Arts, Arts & Music

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities, Games

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"Eat Pete!" Puppet Activity

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

After I read "Eat Pete!" by Michael Rex, we made puppets so we could eat kids!! Instructions are on the sheet. HAVE FUN!! Special thanks to author Michael Rex for giving permission to distribute this resource to teachers and librarians. You can

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

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Activities

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T-Rex Tea Party Puppets

By Peter Blenski--The Lego Librarian

Tally ho! I made these for our Tea Rex Tea Party at the library! It was ever so much fun!Just color and cut them out and then glue them to a clothespin!You can see the rest of my lesson plan here and a gif of a moving puppet

Subjects:

Arts & Music

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.64 MB)

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