Hi readers! I’m so excited about today’s giveaway!
As many of you know we’ve been absolutely loving the LEGO Education products lately. And my kiddos are super excited that we’ve added them into our curriculum this year.
We’re going to be doing a co-op with the LEGO Education Simple & Motorized Mechanisms Base Set this year, but I’ll have more to share on that later.
Today I have the pleasure of reviewing the LEGO Education WeDo Construction Set and Software for you. This stuff is so cool, I had no idea!
Literally.
I had no idea until my friend’s 12 year old showed me how to use it.
And yes, I felt old.
But then I realized how cool this product is!
As I mentioned, we received the LEGO Education WeDo Construction Set, Activity Pack, and Software set. We downloaded the Farris Wheel instructions from their online resources, then built the project using the WeDo 9580 + 9585 sets combined.
Once our project was complete, we installed the LEGO Education WeDo software pack to my computer. That’s when Trevor came to help bail me out.
I tried to figure out the software on my own.
Because I have an aversion to reading instructions.
Then I gave up and Trevor came to the rescue.
Here’s a short video we made on using the software to power your LEGO Education creation…apparently it’s really not all that complicated. So I’m thinking I was just having an “off” day. Yeah.
Click here to watch the video or press the play button below.
And just to show you how cool LEGO Education is, I am giving away one of the Homeschool Simple Machines Pack with a Printed Teacher’s guide to help get you started! (That’s over a $100 kit people, free for one of you!)
Ready to win?
Fill out the rafflecopter below to enter!
Disclosure: I received a free kit from the company mentioned for review and giveaway on my blog. The opinions expressed are my own and were not influenced by the company or the free product provided.
I like them all, but simple and motorized mechanisms would be great!
The Simple Machines kit looks like a good one to start with. 🙂
With two boys, anything that can keep their attention while learning is a wonderful tool. I love that there are so many different ways that legos can be used to educate children. If I had to choose those, the robotics kits look like a lot of fun!
Everything on their website looks amazing! I think the Simple Machines set would be a great place start.
I like the idea of adding an educational component to Legos. Since most kids are already familiar with Legos, the learning can become more intuitive for the kids.
The wedo construction set seems like a good way to include my younger two while not being too simple for the older two.
I would like the Story Starter Center Pack.
We are new to this too, but since DS loves all things construction, I’d have to say the LEGO Education WeDo Construction Set.
The simple and motorized mechanisms pack seems like it would be a great one for us.
I love the way Legos teach the concept of simple machines and mechanics.