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Week 3: July 14 – July 18

Dive into building and creating with Legos and robotics, celebrating teamwork and innovation!

🧱🤖 Lego Mania

  • 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Morning Check-In & Icebreaker

    • Focus: Speech Therapy + Social Skills

    • Greet peers using complete sentences ("Good morning, my name is...")

    • Icebreaker: "If you could build anything out of Legos today, what would it be?" (practicing imagination and articulation)

    • Brief overview of the day's goals and expectations.

  • 9:30 – 10:30 AM | Free Build Lego Challenge

    • Focus: Executive Functioning + Communication Skills

    • Campers choose their own Lego project idea.

    • Practice planning: campers sketch or verbally describe their project before building.

    • Speech prompts: "Tell me about your idea," "What steps will you take first?"

    • Encourage use of descriptive language while building ("My tower has a spiral staircase and three windows.").

  • 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Snack Break & Social Time

    • Focus: Social Skills

    • Encouraging peer conversation ("What are you building today?")

    • Practice turn-taking and active listening during casual chats.

    • Sensory regulation through fidgets/stretching if needed.

  • 10:45 – 11:30 AM | Collaborative Lego Building

    • Focus: Executive Functioning + Group Communication

    • Small groups are formed to combine their builds into a city or scene.

    • Practice sharing materials and negotiating ideas ("Let's connect our castles with a bridge!").

    • Focus on teamwork vocabulary: "I agree," "Let's compromise," "Can we add this?"

  • 11:30 – 12:15 PM | Outdoor Play & Gross Motor Skills

    • Focus: Sensory Regulation + Social Play

    • Structured cooperative games (e.g., relay races, building towers with outdoor materials).

    • Encourage peer encouragement and positive feedback.

  • 12:15 – 12:45 PM | Lunch & Social Skills Focus

    • Focus: Conversation Practice

    • Guided discussion starters: "If you could live inside your Lego creation, what would it be like?"

    • Practice asking follow-up questions and maintaining conversations.

  • 12:45 – 1:30 PM | Lego Storytelling and Imaginative Play

    • Focus: Speech Therapy (Narrative Skills)

    • Campers use their Lego creations to invent short stories.

    • Prompts: "Who lives here? What happens next?"

    • Optional puppet shows or presentations with their builds.

  • 1:30 – 2:15 PM | Reflection & Organization Practice

    • Focus: Executive Functioning + Communication

    • Campers reflect on their building process: What went well? What was tricky?

    • Create simple visual or written checklists ("First I found pieces, then I built the tower, then I added decorations").

    • Share reflections in small groups.

  • 2:15 – 2:30 PM | Movement and Brain Break

    • Focus: Sensory Break

    • Stretching, Lego-themed yoga poses (e.g., "pretend to be a bridge," "stretch tall like a skyscraper").

  • 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Closing Circle & Sharing

    • Focus: Speech Therapy + Social Skills

    • Show and tell: each camper shares their creation and explains one favorite part.

    • Practice giving compliments and asking respectful questions about others' work.

    • End with goal setting: "Tomorrow, I want to try building something with moving parts!"//

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🧱 A Day in the Life of a Lego Engineer at Camp

The sun was just beginning to peek through the windows as the Lego Engineers arrived at camp, backpacks bouncing and imaginations buzzing.

At Morning Meeting, the engineers practiced their greetings, shaking hands and introducing themselves like real professionals. They stretched their fingers — the most important tools for building — and shared wild ideas for what they might create today. A flying castle? A city on the moon? Anything was possible.

When the clock struck 9:30, it was time to begin the day’s great challenge: the Free Build!
First, every engineer sketched out their design or explained it to a partner, using careful planning words like “first,” “next,” and “then.”
Blocks snapped together as buildings soared higher, cars zipped across tables, and dragons took shape. Every few minutes, campers paused to describe their masterpieces out loud, practicing rich, detailed speech.

After a quick snack break and some stretching, the engineers joined forces for a collaborative city build. Teams had to negotiate: Should the castle go next to the pirate ship? Where would the train tracks lead? They practiced listening carefully, compromising, and working together, piece by colorful piece.

Outside, during Outdoor Play, the engineers raced and laughed, giving each other high-fives and cheering on their teammates. Even their games had a building twist — creating obstacle courses with cones and hula hoops, imagining they were crossing Lego bridges and lava pits!

At lunchtime, the conversations continued.
"If you could live in any Lego world, what would it be?" asked one camper.
"A candy land!" another replied, giggling. They practiced asking questions and making connections, just like real friends and coworkers would do.

In the afternoon, it was time for Lego Storytelling.
One camper held up a spaceship, launching into a thrilling tale about astronauts on a quest for treasure. Another introduced the tiny dragon family that lived inside her glittery castle.
Each builder practiced speaking clearly, using their words to transport their friends into fantastical worlds.

As the day came to a close, the engineers circled up. Each shared one thing they were proud of — a tricky tower they balanced, a new friend they made, a funny story they told. They gave compliments, smiled big smiles, and set goals for tomorrow: maybe to build even higher, or to try working with someone new.

The Lego Engineers packed up their masterpieces (and a million ideas for tomorrow), ready to dream up even bigger adventures at camp.

The End... or rather, just the beginning. 🚀✨

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