How to Sponsor a School Lego Club

If you are a fan of Legos or if you have lots of students who are, then you might want to consider hosting a Lego Club at your school. Lego Clubs are fun for everyone involved and result in impressive displays for a classroom, office, or school library!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

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   *Organize Your School Lego Club
   
   The first thing to do is decide the basics for your school Lego club: where and when the club will be held, who will be invited to attend, where funding will come from, how parents can get involved, who will sponsor the club, and what your goals will be.
   
   The goals of your school Lego club are going to be instrumental in determining the other specifics of the club. You need to decide what your purpose is. Are you there to give kids a chance to experiment with new Lego sets? Are kids supposed to bring their own Lego creations in to share? Do you want to invest in a large model for display in the school that the kids can put together? Are you planning on purchasing some new and used Legos in order to give kids a chance to put things together and share?

2. *Host your school Lego Club
   
   Once you've decided what your goals are and set up meeting times, you'll have to figure out how many kids you can handle. You'll need large tables and chairs to work with, and you'll also need plenty of room to store Legos. If you are overwhelmed with potential members, have kids alternate weeks or change members at semester break.
   
   When you host the club, plan what you're doing. If you buy a big model, you're going to have to figure out how the model will be built. Will six or seven kids be able to work on one model with everyone getting a few turns? If you build with a lot of Legos, will you have kids work on one project over a few weeks, or do they need to finish in one session? Do you want to build in sharing time at the end so that everyone gets a chance to share their Lego creations?
   
   One of the things you may want to consider if you are working with the same small group of students all year is that mixing things up can keep the club fun and fresh. Maybe you want to start by bringing in Legos and eventually move up to larger sets.

3. *Display the Results of your Lego Club
   
   Regardless of whether or not you create a large model, you should give kids a chance to show of their work by displaying models in a safe place at school.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are concerned about funding, consider asking your PTO or PTA for a donation. See the link to my article below on requesting money from your parent-teacher organization.

Resources

• How to Request School Funding from your PTO or PTA