LEGO® Education Computer Science and AI

Fine Motor Skills

Fine Motor Skills

By manipulating pieces and fitting them together, children improve their dexterity, which prepares them to perform actions requiring more precise movements. A variety of activities help develop dexterity. Threading, drawing, cutting and manipulating various modelling clays gradually helps acquire the skills needed to master everyday gestures such as buttoning, lacing and zipping up and prepares children for writing. Preschoolers who do these types of activities will find it easier to trace letters.

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Concentration

Concentration

Concentration is the ability to focus attention on a single subject. Whether with work, reading or play, the process is always the same, and it is essential for learning. However, the ability to concentrate varies greatly depending on age and neurological development. Play is a natural ally of concentration. Anyone who has observed a child playing can attest to this. Many things can stimulate concentration. First, it is important to provide the child with a favourable learning environment: limit noise, have adequate physical and material organization, and fit the task duration as well as the challenge level to the child's abilities. Encouraging the child to follow a path with their finger, closing their eyes so that they listen to sounds, and reminding them of some of the characteristics of the task are strategies that help develop concentration. Finally, asking the child what they did to complete a task allows them to apply their strategies in other contexts.

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Creativity

Creativity

Creativity is the ability to imagine, build and implement something new or to discover an original solution to a problem. It is, therefore, not limited to the arts alone and develops gradually from the age of 18 months. Given its importance in a child’s development, we should seize every opportunity to stimulate it daily. Indeed, a child who has learned to be creative will have good problem-solving and conflict-solving skills, expressing themselves, exploring and finding new ideas. All types of games and activities contribute to nurturing creativity. It is important to provide the child with a variety of materials that the child can explore and use as he or she pleases. In children’s games, an ordinary piece of fabric suddenly becomes a cape, a picnic mat, a blanket for dolls, and so much more! Books, nursery rhymes, dressing-up and improvisation games, for example, fuel the imagination in wonderful ways and inspire fun in the young and old alike.

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Logical Reasoning

Logical Reasoning

Logical thinking develops as children interact with their environment. Initially, they develop their reasoning through observations, comparisons and classifications of objects to then establish what distinguishes them or what unites them. Several activities require logical reasoning: solving a 3-D puzzle, doing a scientific experiment, building a model using instructions or playing chess. All of these activities require reflection and concentration and even call upon the ability to develop hypotheses and deductions in order to develop strategies. Exercising reasoning promotes the development of the ability to solve all problems.

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LEGO® Education Computer Science and AI kit are classroom-ready, curriculum-aligned Computer Science & AI kits for students of 5 years +.  They are designed to drive outcomes through hands-on learning:
-    Fits in a single lesson
-    Engages all students in CS & AI
-    The full LEGO® Education CS & AI experience with 30 lessons divided into 6 units.

LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI comes with a dedicated, free online Teacher Portal that includes everything you need for effective teaching - from materials to help you get started and classroom presentations, to facilitation notes and a library of lessons.

The coding canvas is:
- Lightweight, responsive web application (also 
available as iOS app) 
- Designed to be intuitive and safe 
- Easy to use and works seamlessly in your 
classroom 
- Block-based coding for all ages (icon and word)
- Lessons accessed with a PIN - no student 
logins or passwords
- Projects saved locally

LEGO® Education Computer Science and AI kit offer a safe AI leaning:
- Develops students’ AI literacy skills 
- Safe, meaningful and creative experiences 
- Supports AI learning progression 
- AI-based computer vision features 
- AI possibilities and challenges presented in an age-appropriate way 
- Everything saved locally - no login or sharing of student data

LEGO® Education offers a computer science solution that is backed by real-world tests and feedback – one that is meaningful, relevant and intentionally designed with the needs of both students and educators in mind.