Hands-On Lego Literacy Activities
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There is something magical about LEGOs. Girls and boys alike love building and playing with these timeless building blocks. But, with a little creative thinking, LEGOs and Duplos can be transformed from tactile toys into literacy tools! These LEGO literacy activities offer a fresh and fun way to teach literacy skills to children, including letter recognition, spelling, writing, sound matching, rhyming, reading, and a whole lot more!
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LEGO Literacy Activities for Kids
Kids will absolutely love these fun, hands-on methods for learning literacy, and you’ll have fun teaching these creative ideas that kids will absolutely love. There is no end to the learning that can happen with LEGOs!
LEGOs make wonderful toys for creating and building, but they are also amazing tools for literacy! Use these ideas as inspiration to build your own out-of-the-box literacy ideas using LEGOs.
Learning letters is a lot more fun when you can build them! // Wildflower Ramblings
Use these templates to fill in letters with LEGOs! // Little Bins for Little Hands
Build sight words with LEGOs. // Creative Family Fun
Spelling is more fun when you use LEGOs! // This Reading Mama
Learn lowercase letters with these LEGO templates. // Wildflower Ramblings
Build creative thinking while learning letters with these creative LEGO letter puzzles. // Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls
Spelling is more fun with a LEGO spelling race. // Home Literacy Blueprint
LEGOs make a wonderful tool for word family sorting. // This Reading Mama
Learn how to form letters with these LEGO letter puzzles. // Mom Inspired Life
Use Duplos as a base for sound matching. // This Reading Mama
Use LEGOs to build a child’s name. // Playdough to Plato
LEGO writing mats are tons of fun! // This Reading Mama
Reading is fun with Duplo sentence printables! // The Educator’s Spin on It

Looking for even more ways to use those LEGOs? Check out these awesome LEGO Math Activities for Kids!
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