We were at the Bluxome Street Fair celebrating the South of Market District of San Francisco with families.
We were at the Bluxome Street Fair celebrating the South of Market District of San Francisco with families.
During SXSWedu, we help create a LEGO version of the City of Austin with the help of teachers, school administrators, and students.
We started with one building and watch the evolution throughout the event.
A high school band even came by.
On Sunday, January 28th, 2017, we will be celebrating International LEGO Day with families at Austin Central Library. Families have the opportunity to build the city of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO Pieces.
Location: Austin Library Special Event Center, First Floor, 710 W. César Chávez St., Austin, TX
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Here is our last City Build in Austin, TX.
For the 2017 Bay Area Science Festival, we helped families build the city of San Francisco out of 50,000 LEGO® Pieces. It was part of their Discover Engineering Day at AT&T Park.
At VMworld 17, VMware’s largest thought leadership and education event of the year, attendees got an opportunity to not only learn, but also play. When not in sessions, attendees got the chance to build with over 70,000 pieces of LEGO, as well as create their own LEGO Minifigure to take home. Here are some of the highlights of what was created:
#VMworld2017 #vmworld #vmworld17 #lego #playwell #playmatters @vmware @vmwarenews @VMwareEvents #awesomeconference pic.twitter.com/8G9dGxV8Pg
— PlayWell TEKnologies (@PlayWell_TEK) August 31, 2017
Bird's Eye View of the Creation Zone at @VMworld. You have one more day to add your LEGO creation to the area. @VMware #VMworld17 #playwell pic.twitter.com/8TzTVhsPqq
— PlayWell TEKnologies (@PlayWell_TEK) August 31, 2017
The @VMworld hero gallery is busy with people making LEGO Minifigures. Come by and make yourself out of LEGO. @vmware @vmwarenews #playwell pic.twitter.com/CtM3w2i29Y
— PlayWell TEKnologies (@PlayWell_TEK) August 30, 2017
Displayed at the VMware office.
On Wednesday Night, June 14th, 2017, Play-Well TEKnologies will be collaborating with the Thinkery to build the city of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks. Families will get the opportunity to build the city of Austin as they would like to see it. They also get to tackle these questions through play:
Building The City of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks takes place during Thinkery’s special Community Night hours (Wednesdays from 4–8 pm), when admission to the museum is by donation—meaning families are able to pay what they can. The suggested donation is $1.
Thinkery strives to provide a friendly, inspiring space to learn for the entire community, regardless of financial status. By providing experiences to underserved audiences, the museum broadens its ability to equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.
For information about Thinkery and its Community Night program, please click here.
For information about Thinkery’s STEAM on the Spot program, please click here.
Here are the details of the event:
Event: Building The City of Austin out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks
Location: The Thinkery, Austin Children’s Museum, 1830 Simond Ave, Austin, TX 78723
Date & Time: Wednesday, June 13th, 2017 / 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Thinkery Contact:Taylor Grobelny, tgrobelny@thinkeryaustin.org.
Play-Well Contact: Miranda Urban, miranda@play-well.org
Thinkery is an evolution of Austin Children’s Museum. It’s Austin’s home for “why” and “how.” A place where science and families play side by side. Where people connect with ideas by doing, making and experiencing. It’s a foundry for a new generation of innovators and creative problem solvers. And it’s a heck of a good time. For more information, visit thinkeryaustin.org.
Play-Well TEKnologies teaches LEGO-Inspired STEM Programs to approximately 100,000 kids/year around the U.S. Their goal is to inspire the next generation of engineers, innovators, scientists, and inventors all through the power of play. Kids dive into our classes and exercise their innate gift for building. They come away understanding fundamental principles of engineering and physics. The experience boosts their confidence, creativity and ability to collaborate. For more information, visit play-well.org.
Examples of city builds in other states:
On Saturday, June 3rd, 2017, 318 keiki builders imagined big and created a LEGO® inspired city of Honolulu with their favorite Hawaii landmarks—both manmade and natural, using over 20,000 LEGO®! The event was the kickoff to Hawaii State Library’s Summer Reading Program.
Hawaii’s First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige was amazed and tickled to add the LEGOR-esque version of her favorite President Abraham Lincoln landmark statue that proudly stands at the front of her alma mater Ewa Elementary School.
Here’s what the library had to say about the event:
Aloha, Wrenn!
You and the Play-Well TEKnologies team “Build a Better World” in all that you do!
We deeply appreciate all of your efforts to help us build a successful kick-off event for the Hawaii State Public Library System’s 2017 Summer Reading Program. It was truly awesome to witness a total of 318 keiki builders imagine big and create even bigger a LEGOR-inspired city with their favorite Hawaii landmarks—both manmade and natural!
Your team’s super positive encouragement and warm demeanor combined with the 20,000 LEGOR bricks were a winning combination to building super-sized smiles from all the participants and their family members partaking in the build.
We received many glowing reviews at the event from keiki and their families who shared how much the enjoyed the activity. Even Hawaii’s First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige was amazed and tickled to show off the LEGOR–esque version of her favorite President Abraham Lincoln that you created for her to add the landmark statue that proudly stands at the front of her alma mater Ewa Elementary School.
Again, thank you very much for helping our public libraries to kick off the summer of reading to “Build a Better World”.
Mahalo!
Mary Okinaka
Project Specialist | Library Development Services Section
Hawaii State Public Library System
On Saturday, May 20th, 2017, Play-Well TEKnologies collaborated with the South Novato Library and families in the community to build Novato out of 40,000 LEGO® Bricks. Families rebuilt the city of Novato, as they would like to see it. Families got to tackle these questions through play:
Here is what they came up with.
On Saturday, June 3, 2017, Play-Well TEKnologies and the Hawaii State Public Library will be collaborating together to create an opportunity for families to build the city of Honolulu out of 20,000 LEGO® Bricks. Families will have the opportunity to create Honolulu, as they would like to see it. They can construct the library, downtown Honolulu, their own home, school, playgrounds, parks etc., all out of 20,000 LEGO® pieces all for FREE. Kids will explore hands-on architecture and learn about how to build strong structures out of LEGO® bricks.
The event is the Kick-off to Hawaii State Public Library’s Summer Reading Program and is completely FREE to the public. We do encourage families to register at the link below, as the event may sell out.
Here are the details:
Date & Time: Saturday, June 3rd, 2017 / 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
(You can register for one of six different 30-minute time slots throughout the day)
Location: Hawaii State Public Library, 478 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Event Contacts:
Frequently Asked Questions:
What do these city builds look like?
Can I drop my kid off at the event?
Will the kids get to keep their LEGO® creations after the event is over?
Can kids bring their own LEGO pieces to add to the city?
We aren’t able to make it to the event, but would love for you to come to our neighborhood or school. Is that possible?
How Long Has Play-Well Been in Hawaii?
For more information about Play-Well, visit play-well.org or send a question to Wrenn Okada at Wrenn@play-well.org.