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Bricks 4 Kidz Chattanooga

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Basic Information

Address: Chattanooga and the surrounding areas
Email: kmacbride@bricks4kidz.com
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Phone Number: 423-567-5439

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Bricks 4 Kidz Chattanooga
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Additional Information

Focus: Education
Director: Kelly MacBride
Schools Served: Barger Academy Bayside Baptist Church Belvoir Christian Academy Brainerd Baptist School Brainerd Hills Baptist Church Bright School Calvary Chapel Homeschool Group Camp Big Fish Challenge Island Charlotte Mabry Team Chattanooga Charter School Chattanooga Christian School Chattanooga Convention Center Chester Frost State Park Collegedale Library Collegedale Town Hall (next to the library and Imagination Station) Creative Discovery Museum Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts (CSLA) Downtown Family YMCA Eastgate Library First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Girls Preparatory School Greenway Farm Hamilton County Fair Hamilton County YMCA Heritage Landing Clubhouse Hickory Valley Christian School Hilton Garden Inn (Next to Creative Discovery Museum) Hixson United Methodist Church Holiday Inn Express (Hixson) Homeschool Group – Hales Kidz Expo Lookout Mountain Commons Park Lookout Mountain Skating Rink Mathnasium – East Brainerd Master Seo’s Top Martial Arts Meadowview Baptist Church Montessori School Mountain Arts Community Center Nolan Elementary OAKS Elementary School Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School (OLPH) Primrose School Signal Mountain Silverdale Baptist Academy Snow Hill Elementary South Chattanooga Rec Center Spirited Art St. Martins Church St. Peter’s School TAG Families The Jump Park The MACC Walker County Wallace A. Smith Elementary Washington Alternative Learning Center Webelo Homeschool Cub Scouts Westview Elementary
School District: Hamilton County - All Districts
County: Hamilton County
Schedule: Open 7 Days a Week
Ages: 3-13+
Membership/Pricing: No membership required, pricing depends on event
Program Highlights:

Our programs provide an extraordinary atmosphere for students to build unique creations, play games, and have loads of fun using LEGO® Bricks. The activities are designed to trigger young children’s lively imaginations and build their self-confidence. GOALS: ~For children to play and socialize with friends while learning fundamentals of engineering and architecture in a noncompetitive setting. ~To build problem-solving skills, provide an opportunity for creative expression and foster an appreciation of how things work. ~To help students understand that Architecture and Engineering are viable career choices. ~To help children understand the value of teamwork. BENEFITS: ~Follow step-by-step directions to complete a task. ~Sequencing is an important skill in many learning process. ~Fine motor skills are developed while assembling projects. ~Visual and kinesthetic learning styles are utilized during project construction. ~Organizational skills are developed by keeping the bricks in their proper place. ~Completing a model with LEGO® bricks nurtures process-oriented thinking. ~Social/emotional skills such as patience, communication and teamwork are exercised. ~Working through frustration to complete a project builds self-esteem. ~Working with a partner fosters teamwork and cooperation. ~The children learn about simple machines and develop an appreciation of how things work.

Activities:

After School Enrichment, In-School STEM Workshops, Kidz Night Outs, Birthday Parties, Summer and Holiday Camps

Program Information:

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM

  • Our classes are hands-on where students will design and build machines, catapults, pyramids, derby cars, buildings and other constructions out of LEGO® Bricks. While exploring engineering, architecture and physics, students will develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.
  • Participants build a new project each month. Architectural concepts are taught while assembling buildings, bridges and other structures.
  • Once the project is completed, children use the rest of their time to expand their gadgets and collaborate with one another

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT

  • Students will work in a lab-type setting using LEGO® Bricks with an integrated curriculum based on math and science.
  • Instructional content includes concepts of friction, gravity and torque, scale, gears, axles and beams.
  • Part of the curriculum will include the construction of a scaled model of their elementary school.
  • The material covered each session will vary depending on students' ages, experience, and skill level.
  • All material will be provided.
Slogan: We learn, We build, We play...with LEGO® Bricks