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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
LEGOs are more than just building blocks for hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) activities. Although the tiny plastic parts are sure to injure a bare foot if they’re stepped on, LEGOs are also guaranteed to ignite one’s creativity and ingenuity. At the Walpole Library’s LEGO Story Time, the Children’s Library read a story aloud to go with the Summer Reading Program’s theme of “Build a Better World,” then gave children ample free time to play with LEGOs as they pleased. August 17’s morning program, intended for ages three and up, provided children with the space, materials, and inspiration they needed to create, construct, and imagine.
As one girl creates an equestrian scene, she collaborates with her peers to inspire ideas and inventions at Walpole Library’s LEGO story time event. Photos by Laura Drinan.
The older children, many of them already in elementary school, built more complex creations. Using a variety of LEGO parts, one girl built a car for her LEGO passenger, a man with mechanical arms. Another girl invented her own flying machine, which could take its passengers anywhere around the globe. Inspired by the LEGO horses, one participant built a horse farm and barn for the little LEGO farmer she found. The girl’s imagination kept her inventing and building new additions to her equestrian scene, including the farmer’s pet scorpion, his cotton candy snack, a car, and a grazing area for the horses.
Children at the Walpole Public Library’s LEGO story time searched for the perfect plastic pieces to add to their creations. Photos by Laura Drinan.
