Lego Building for Social Skills: Public Speaking

 Legos are a great tool to bring into your social skills lessons. They are usually toys that children already have a connection with, and they enjoy working with them. I have used legos in the path to teach about emotions, team building and many other things. This lesson in particular is focused on building public speaking skills. 

The teacher or a volunteer can roll two dice. Whatever number you roll is what you will have the class build. It works best to set a time limit for building, usually 5-10 minutes in sufficient, otherwise you will have some students who just keep building and building and will never be done! After the students have finished building, allow them to share about their creations.

Solo Lego Building Activities:

Directions: Roll two dice, whichever number you roll is what will be built. Set a timer for students to build, and then allow them to share their creations with the class.

2. Build something that is important to you

3. Build a superpower you wish you had

4. Build your favorite animal

5. Build an invention you wish was real

6. Build something that shows how you feel today

7. Build a place you love to be

8. Build a mode of transportation (car, boat, plane, etc.)

9. Build your favorite game

10. Build your favorite food

11. Build what you want to be when you grow up

12. Build the tallest tower you can before the timer goes off

 I have found that kids who never want to raise their hand or stand in front of the class to speak are surprisingly open to standing up and sharing their Lego creations! These prompts are simple and lighthearted, good for introducing your students to Lego social skills. Follow me for Lego lessons, where I will have some based on team building, accessing emotions and following directions. If you would like an easy print-out of this lego prompt list, you can access it here!