Family Engagement

Families who participate together in FIRST LEGO League discover the power of curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving, building the foundation for life-long confidence in STEM learning.

Importance of Family Engagement:

Families and caregivers provide critical support for student learning. They serve as learning partners to deliver activities that support learning (including play) at home. Encouragement, interest, and involvement inspire a child’s successful learning path.

Learning Through Play:

Learning through play is a basic tenant of the FIRST Family Engagement experience. Having fun and learning go hand in hand, allowing everyone to discover, explore, try out ideas, succeed and fail, iterate and build, and develop confidence to explore STEM, and develop positive family relationships at the same time.

FIRST Habits of Learning:

Habits of learning are the foundational elements to STEM learning and skill development. Research shows that when young children are engaged in playful STEM experiences, they ignite their natural curiosity, grow their knowledge, and develop life-long habits of learning.

Resources for Families:

Let's Play activities (The LEGO Foundation)
Discover More Game English
El Juego Discover More - Español
Playful Learning & Joyful Parenting (The LEGO Foundation)

FIRST LEGO League Discover:

Check out FIRST LEGO League Discover SUBMERGED Family Engagement Activities here. (Click on the Discover button and select the view button next to Discover Family Engagement Activities to find session-by-session activities).

As part of Discover Class Pack registration, every student is provided a Discover More set that includes two sets of Six Bricks. Developed by The LEGO Foundation, the sets are a tool for children and their families to practice their memory, movement, creativity, and more through short, fun, playful activities using just six LEGO DUPLO four-by-six bricks.