In this episode I speak with Alisha Bridges. She is an educator who has the honor of working in the first LEGO Education Model School at Jesse Bobo Elementary in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She runs the LEGO Lab at the school.

We discuss several ways to infuse purposeful play and LEGO into the classroom connected to content standards.This is the second part of a six part podcast as part of my Purposeful Play with LEGO online course.

Episode direct link is here: https://coffeechug.simplecast.com/episodes/090-purposeful-play-with-lego-featuring-R_BXi_5z

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Topics We Explore

1. How did her school achieved the LEGO Education Model School? (hint: it starts with a teacher voicing and proving the ideas work!)
2. Example 1 of addressing content standards with LEGO with a focus on literacy
3. How do the students document their learning through play and LEGO?
4. Example 2 of prepositions in 1st grade classroom through LEGO
5. Using LEGO as a pre assessment
6. Example 3 of using LEGO for math
7. Community Open House for people to learn

Show Notes & Quotes

• SeeSaw
• Padlet
• Dr. Shirley Disseler Brick Math Series(if you are Amazon Unlimited, then you can check her books out for free on your Kindle!)
• LEGO WeDo 2.0 – https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-2-0-core-set/45300
• LEGO Education STEAM Park – https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/steam-park/45024
• LEGO Education Community Starter Pack – https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/community-starter-set/9389

WHERE TO FIND Alisha

• Learn more about her school and being LEGO Education Model School

• Her slides from Open House with classroom learning ideas by grade level