30 Day LEGO Creativity Challenge, Dav Pilkey’s lessons, Time Management Graphic Organizer & Weekly Schedule Organizer, oh my!

As this first week of virtual learning is quickly ending, I found myself reflecting, on Karen’s Salmansohn’s words, “The most challenging times bring us the most empowering lessons.” Although the virtual learning may not have been as smooth as we may had hoped for, we are definitely gaining new experiences and lessons along the way. Below you will find creativity resources, time management graphic organizers, and a weekly schedule organizer. The weekly schedule organizer may be very beneficial for the middle school student and his/her virtual learning. Enjoy!

Creativity Resources for Home:

1. 30 DAY LEGO CHALLENGE:  Click the link below to access an awesome Lego creativity starter prompts.  Please feel free to save and/or print this “calendar” which provides a new LEGO challenge each day, for 30 days.  Consider using this as an “inspirational springboard,” rather than a strict set of guidelines.  Just let your student be creative and feel inspired to build something from his or her own imagination!  If they would like to share their creations with me, please consider sending me pictures or videos. You can connect with me through email and Schoology.
   1. Here are a few possibilities of how you can incorporate this daily building/creativity calendar with other learning experiences:
      1. Have a LEGO Challenge race:
         1. Who can complete their challenge the quickest?
         2. Using the most LEGOS?
         3. Using the least?
         4. Using only one color?  The possibilities are endless

30 Day LEGO Challenge

• Take a picture of each day’s creation. After the challenge, encourage your child to WRITE a few sentences (or paragraphs, depending on ability) about their creation.

2. Dav Pilkey’s lessons:   Dav Pilkey, is a favorite author of many! He is a graphic novelist, and is having a lesson every Friday at 8 am on the Library of Congress website!!! How to draw and animate with Captain Underpants and Dogman!  Children will love this; get those sketchbooks ready to create!  https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/137280/captain-underpants-free-drawing-lessons/

Staying Organized:

1. Time Management Graphic Organizer Time-Management-Graphic-Organizer
2. Weekly Student Organizer for the middle or high school level Weekly Student Organizer for Middle School and High School Students