Making LEGO Landmarks
Monday, September 3, 2012 at 8:00PM 
Sometimes the most meaningful activities are completely spontaneous. Some activities will be remembered and repeated for a LONG time.
Making world landmarks with LEGO bricks was just such an activity.
One afternoon when we were finished with "the essentials", my son had brought his LEGO buckets downstairs where I was working. He asked me if I wanted him to build something for me. I said -- "Sure. Can you try to make some of those landmarks from the flashcards we have been studying?" (Thank you, Target Dollar Spot for the Landmark Flashcards!)
That was the beginning of (literally) a 48 hour obsession with constructing landmarks.
After sharing some of his pictures on Instagram, I asked him to show me his 10 Favorite creations. He would come to me as I was working in the kitchen, we would snap a picture of the latest creation, and he would continue his project.
These flashcards were our memory work for the week. During the first week the children were required to memorize the names and locations of each landmark. The second week they were required to name each landmark and locate it on the globe.
This is HOMESCHOOL at its finest.
Following are my son's Top Ten LEGO Landmarks:
1. Stonehenge
2. Mayan Temple - Chichen Itza
3. The Eifel Tower
4. Leaning Tower of Pisa
5. The Washington Monument
6. The St. Louis Arch
7. Mount Kilamanjaro
(This one is a bit more obscure - but when my son explained it to me it made perfect sense... I love the way a child's eyes look at things!)
8. The Floating Shinto Shrine Gates
9. Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) Statue
10. Diamond Head (The Tuna's Brow)
Reader Comments (17)
LOVE LOVE LOVE! Zachary does too! Great job Grant and Momma!
This is amazing! My son is totally inspired!
Love it. Thanks for the inspiration. My kids made the Great Pyramid and Sphinx this week. You should like up over at Tactile Tuesdays too.
I love how Pisa actually falls over, lol
Love this! Very fun. I shared it with my Lego Manic and he enjoyed it!
Really love this- we've done some of it too - but those are fabulous flash cards- I've gotta see if Target still has them - did you get them recently? just great!
This is a brilliant idea! I grabbed those same cards the other week and I've been wondering what to do with them to make them fun. The only thing that I had thought of was painting, but we are definitely going to be doing this today. We're getting ready for a vacation and we have MOPS and our first co-op starting this week so we're doing "School Light" and I've been trying to think of fun things to do. This totally fits the bill and requires zero prep work. Hooray!
How cool are you! LOVE this! And I'm sure my boys will too!!!!!! Thank you!
As a mom of four boys who are all completely obsessed with Legos, I have to say this is brilliant! And I will definitely be stealing this idea. :)
I love these!! What a great learning idea!!!!
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing the idea. Definitely going to try this with my Joe!
Awesomeness!!!!
Inspiring!!!
Love this! I am going to use this idea in my Lego Challenge class at Co-op. Thanks!
GREAT idea! I think even my 12 year old will enjoy this!
Love this!
My son remade most of the Olympic venues on his Mine Craft account. I can see him getting into this as well.
Hi, I love this post and featured you and your son in my post on LEGO Landmarks. We have that card set as well and really like it. Never thought of recreating them in LEGO though. Clever idea that I think my son is going to enjoy. Thanks much for sharing. Sheila
p.s. I contacted you on your contact page