For many years of our homeschool journey, I saw learning through the lens of a LEGO lover.
This is NOT an exaggeration.
We integrated LEGO bricks with nearly every subject. We built LEGO animal cells, LEGO landmarks, LEGO continents. My son spent several years building simple (and more complex!) machines with LEGO. We learned about rhythms in music with LEGO. Multiplication was learned with LEGO.
You get the picture. (And, you can see the journey for yourself at the LEGO Learning page!)
When I received this United States Geography/LEGO Brick building kit in the mail, I knew I had to share it with you… we received it on our doorstep at 6:30 p.m. and it was built by 9 p.m. (That’s how much my 15 year-old loved it!)
(I received this product in exchange for my honest review. There has been no other compensation provided. I am simply sharing this with you because we loved it and think your LEGO lover will, too!)
United States Map Building Kit
Designed by Paul Bacio Custom Brick Sculptures, this kit comes with the following:
1,395 new LEGO bricks to build the US Map (and yes, they are LEGO bricks, not an off-brand)
Digital Download (175 pg. PDF) with the building instructions AND facts about each state
Finished creation is 32x17 inches
The box is very well organized. The bricks for each state come in a labeled bag (see the video I made below).
The directions for me to access the instructions were in the box and I quickly downloaded the PDF and sent it to my son so he could access it on his Chromebook.
As you can see, my son squirreled the set up to his room and laid everything out on his desk.
I did not hear from him for the next few hours!
A few quick checks allowed me to see that he put the map together exactly as shown in the instructions. He would find the labeled bag, and complete the state.
He did keep telling me, “What a cool idea this guy has!”.
We also remarked that our friends in Classical Conversations Cycle 3 (American History) and Challenge A (drawing the continents) would really like this resource.
Here is the finished product. It’s impressive when you look at it.
Our Thoughts About the United States Map Building Kit
My son and I are very impressed with Paul Bacio’s creativity and think there is a much-needed place for this type of LEGO learning product.
I encourage you to check out his entire site for even more ideas and resources.
My wheels are still turning with ideas on how you could use this with younger children - focusing on just a specific geographic region at a time and going deeper with individual state studies.
