Legos ~ Building Blocks to Successful Early Reading

Building Reading Skills with Legos

Do you have children or students who love playing and working with Legos? If so, did you know they are learning while they work through a Lego set? My five-year old daughter received her first Lego set for her birthday, and she wanted to dive right in. BUT, we had to go over some Lego "rules" first. These same rules apply to reading, and this gave us both a great way to start on the right path to reading.

Starting in the Right Place

When I first started working on the set with her, she was only looking at the final product on step 12. I helped her start at the beginning.  This helped her to understand that we need to begin at the beginning of a book for it to make sense.

Left to Right Progression

She learned left to right progression.  She kept looking at the right page first until I led her in the right direction. Then she got it!

Basic Reading Comprehension

She learned to read the pages. She read the pictures to know how many of each piece she needed and where it went.  She did most of this on her own and is quite proud of it.

Though she wasn't reading any words, she learned some important concepts about reading and print.  Now we are ready to start tackling the words.

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