Snapshot Summary of SPD: S's Spinning Swing and Swirling Windmill

With the help of Dad, S pulled out the Lego Education: Simple Machines - Gears kit and assembled a spinning swing. (Remember the swing ride at amusement parks?) If that wasn't neat enough, he completed the 2nd project ON HIS OWN - a spinning windmill - with some "personal modifications". And the next day while I was grocery shopping with C, they pulled out the pulley kit and made a crane. It's SO exciting to see knowledge UNDERSTOOD and APPLIED after it's learned! Check out the HAPPY faces in some of these photos!

Lego Education: Simple Machines - Gears

Building the Gear Axle

Testing the Gears

Adding Lego People to the Swing

Getting Ready to Spin

Spinning!

SPINNING!

Telling C That the People Will be Sick! LOL

One Last Spin Before Demolition

Finished Windmill

SPINNING!

And the Pulley

We purchased our 3 Lego Education: Simple Machines kits - Gears, Wheels and Axles and Pulleys - from Amazon. Unfortunately the kits don't come with information on why and how the simple machine works, so be prepared with information to share with your child. Have fun building and learning! And check out other Lego creations by clicking on the Lego button on my left sidebar.