There’s a whole world of Lego for education, and you won’t find it in the toy aisle. The Lego Learning System has kits packed with hundreds of bricks and instructions to guide students along several lessons — each kit targeted to different kids’ ages. These teaching kits are designed for the classroom, but anyone can buy these educational toys directly from Lego for hands-on learning at home. (And there are teacher guides to help parents, too.)
Our favorite is the Spike Essential learning kit for grades 1-5, which includes a few tech pieces like a light matrix, color sensor and motor. Kids also use an app to program their creations. With 449 bricks and 40 lessons, the kit teaches computational thinking, design engineering, physics and math skills — all told through a story of cute Lego figure characters. If you want something cheaper without the tech and programming parts, but still want to keep the physics and math lessons, check out the BricQ Motion Essential kit for $134.
