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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">At Ransom District Library, we do a
similar program to that at Allegan, also called Lego Club. We
stopped using a theme when most of the kids wanted to do their own
thing (it felt like I got out of my own way). Each gets a large
baseplate and a bucket to fill with Legos, which we have arranged
by color (only rules: they must put their unused Legos back in the
coded bins, and they must limit their "lego people" to three or
four, as these are the true currency of the Lego collection). When
they are finished with their creations, participants have the
option of adding a title and signature on an index card, and we
put them on display in the children's area for a week or two.
Almost all artists want to be recognized for their work. :-)<br>
Although we have bought the vast majority of our substantial
Lego collection, the return on investment has been excellent. Our
Friends group got us going with an initial $400 donation, and we
chipped away after that.<br>
Cheers,<br>
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<i>Joseph Gross</i><i><br>
</i><i>Assistant Director/Youth Librarian</i><i><br>
</i><i>Ransom District Library</i><i><br>
</i><i>Plainwell, MI</i><i><br>
</i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jgross@ransomlibrary.org">jgross@ransomlibrary.org</a></i><br>
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On 11/26/2013 5:05 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:scrotser-toy@alleganlibrary.org">scrotser-toy@alleganlibrary.org</a> wrote:<br>
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<div style=""><font style="" face="verdana, geneva" size="2">Our
program is simply called, "Lego Club", and it's pretty
unstructured. I do begin with a theme, however I think it's
really remarkable the ideas kids come up with on their own--
I like that the unstructured nature of things allows them
that freedom. In other words, hardly anyone sticks with my
theme, but what they do is so impressive, I've got no
complaints. I take lots of photos which we keep in our Lego
Album - for posterity (and in case anyone wants to remember
what they've done before). We also have a large selection
of Duplos for smaller children, so I don't specify an age
limit. For each Lego Club I assemble every Lego book in the
stacks in one place to entice reading, too.</font></div>
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<div style=""><font style="" face="verdana, geneva" size="2">I'm
always interested to discover what others are doing with
Legos.</font></div>
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<div style=""><font style="" face="verdana, geneva" size="2">Thanks
for asking, Angela.</font></div>
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<div style=""><font style="" face="verdana, geneva" size="2">-Sharon
Crotser-Toy</font></div>
<div style=""><font style="" face="verdana, geneva" size="2">Allegan
District Library</font></div>
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] LEGO Nights<br>
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Date: Tue, November 26, 2013 1:43 pm<br>
To: Angela Scott <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="font-family: Tahoma;font-size: 10pt;color:
#000000;margin: 0;">Hi Angela...<br>
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We call our program Lego Read & Play. I read a book
on a story carpet to introduce the theme. Kids spend a
little while (if the want to) making a Lego to go with the
theme. ex. Elephant & Piggie book, then they made a
"Pig" or an "Elephant", then we took pics to display in
the library. (see below)<br>
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Some kids just don't want to participate in the "theme",
so I don't make them. After about 20 minutes of together
projects, the kids go and make friends playing Lego all
around the room.<br>
<br>
Cari Fry<br>
Westland Library<br>
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<div>Hello Everyone,<br>
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The library I currently work for is
thinking about starting a LEGO night and I
had a few questions for public libraries
that already offer these programs:<br>
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1) How did you get started, did you purchase
the LEGOs, except donations?<br>
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2) Is there any structure to these programs or
do kids basically just come in and play?<br>
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<div>3) Do you have different ages come in at
different times to ensure the very young
children don't swallow the smaller LEGOS?<br>
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I am curious to hear about how other libraries run
their LEGO nights and would appreciate any
additional information they have to offer.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
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Angela Scott<br>
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