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| Some of the things we'll be building this summer. |
This summer I'll be running a LEGO camp at the Briargate YMCA. Thought it would be a fun experience for kids to do some constructive thinking. More and more kids are taking part of science and math oriented camps. These camps usually have activities that you couldn't fit into a normal school day. However, much of the skills practiced at camp such as cooperation, problem solving, critical thinking and discovery learning are what they need in the "real world" yet they may not have time for in school since there are deadlines to meet and tests to prepare for. I love the idea of taking our time to build, discover and work together to form the best solution. It's a luxury which may only be reserved for afterschool or summertime endeavors; especially as the kids get older. They are too busy with all their college prep or AP classes that there's no room for an elective such as building with LEGO pieces.
This first camp mainly deals with the concept of simple machines and how they interact with motors. Didn't want to deal with programming Mindstorms robots for my first endeavor into LEGO entrepreneurship. I may consider that for next year though. I think there's plenty to learn using the LEGO Education curriculum and the Simple and Motorized Mechanisms set.
So if you are at all interested, sign up quickly as space is rather limited.
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