KidsTek Lego Math Class for Islanders & Ms. Patti's Love of Learning, Community Home School is a Go!
What two very famous engineers built their very first server equipment out of spare parts and used brightly colored LEGOs to build the casing for their external hard drive? Yup, It was Larry Page and and Sergey Brian founders of GOOGLE. In Fact Larry Page as a kid used Legos to build a working ink jet printer. Kids Love playing with LEGOS and so do we...
We had 14 kids ages 6 through 13 join us Wednesday and we have room for two more!
Using Legos, KidsTek Learning introduces children from Kindergarten to 12th grade, to the principals and application of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Building working models they can see, touch, and experiment with, gives children a deeper understanding of these principles. Our goal at KidsTek Learning is to instill a passion for learning within our students, and to cultivate a better understanding of how things work.
OVERVIEW:
Our goal at KidsTek Learning is to encourage curiosity and self reliance within our students, with the ultimate goal of instilling in them a passion for learning and a “what if?” way of thinking. Our students, along with their teacher, work together building, learning and having FUN!
DESCRIPTION:
All classes are hands-on with students working in teams of two. Each week students are taught certain engineering, math, physics, and/or technology principles such as friction, force, inertia, potential/kinetic energy, measurement, etc. Then, by building one or more models, students see these principles come to life in what they’ve built. Students are further challenged to expand on their models as time allows. Each 8 week program of classes will be centered about certain themes such as “Elementary Machines” and “Forces and Motion” to name a couple.
All classes are designed based on students age and skill level. All materials for model building are provided by KidsTek with most models using LEGOs components.
OUR PROGRAM?
While exploring, imagining, and creating, our students will:
- Develop problem solving skills
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Learn how to work in teams
- Develop organizational skills
- Work on motor skills
- Learn to follow directions
- See a project through from start to finish
- Have fun!
CLASSES
All teachers have a background in engineering or teaching and a background check.
- Our homeschooling classes typically run from September to June but can be scheduled outside this time period to meet homeschooling needs. Our Summer/Winter camp programs run June, July, August, and December and consist of 1 week of half day or full day activities.
- Classes are 1 hour long, once a week with programs consisting of 8 back to back classes.
- Each 8 week program is $96 per student for the first child and $80 for each additional sibling if KidsTek Learning provides the class location, or $80 per student for the first child and $64 per student for each additional sibling if the class location is provided by the homeschooling organization. At the end of each program the students will receive: A certificate of completion, pictures of their models and a LEGO® minifigure.
- Students may sign up at the beginning of any 8 week program.
- Students do not take home LEGO® projects or pieces, since we use materials for other classes through out the year.
- Class starts Wednesday, Sept 14th @ 4pm and will run for 8 weeks in my home.
- $80.00 per student ($10.00 per class. If your student misses a class they are still responsible for the total 8 week block of classes- fee of $80.00.)
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See you on Wednesday! ~~:-) patti
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