Lego Creation Thursday

My little THING 1 had his birthday in March.  He specifically asked his Grandma and Grandpa for the Lego Kingdom's Jail.  He was so excited that they found it and gave it to him.  He chose to put it together a few Saturday's ago when his dad was told to stay off of his foot.  Thing 1 asked dad to sit by him while he put his creation together.  Dad sat and sat and sat...didn't need to help him one bit but Thing 1 loved that his dad was there---watching.

Lego Creation Thursday

Last year we found some fun printables for Lego’s at Lego’s Family Time fun website!  The thing I like is that they are step-by-step printable instructions! Teaching boys to follow printed directions is an art because most in the boy gender would rather use creativity to put things together {giggle}.  Don't get me wrong, I am all for using creativity but there is something to be said for following directions.


I gave Ryan the duck and Jacob the leprechaun with the pot of gold.  After much discussion the boys decided they like the store kits better than the printables.  After probing further into the reason it laid on the foundation of laziness.  They both do not like to rummage through the Lego's to find the pieces that are needed.

Lego Creation Thursday

In our history book Story of the World we are studying the Assyrian's and their weapons of mass destruction! What did these folks in about 860 B.C. have as weapons to become a world powder?  

Lets take a look at what the Assyrian's were facing as they conquered every country in their path so they could become the largest empire.  Cities had walls around them.  Well, the walls were only about 30 feet high (some higher) and some had an open space of about 15 feet, followed by another inner wall that was 12 feet thick.  No big deal, right?

The Assyrian's used what is called a siege tower to attack the cities.   For a project, the boys built the 3-sided tower with the 'battering ram' that was used to, well, ram the wall.  Actually, the ram was shaped like an ax and was inserted between the stones of the wall.  After many stones became dislodged the wall would collapse in that section. The archers stood inside the tower shooting arrows at the cities defenders on the wall.

Do you see the little solider peeking out?

I linked up with Michele from My Blessings from Above for her Thursday Lego Creation blog hop.  Make sure you check her our if your children are interested in Lego's.

Lego's and Learning

I found some fun printables for Lego’s at Lego’s Family Time fun website! Each month they release 3 new building instructions. The thing I like is that they are step-by-step printable instructions! Perfect for workboxes!

We downloaded the donkey from December, it was a great project with easy step-by-step instructions that he did very well following!

"Much like one can listen to and appreciate music, dabble with making sounds on an instrument, play music from the score or indeed improvise or ‘jam’ with others in a band – the LEGO System works in a similar way. We can play from the ‘score’ (building instructions), or we can compose our own music or jam with others (free building alone or together)." Taken from the Lego site.