Winter theme LEGO challenge cards are the perfect way to breathe new life into your building challenges this season, even if you don’t live in a winter climate! STEM, LEGO, bricks, and seasons match perfectly together for fun challenges to go along with the changing seasons. These printable Winter LEGO task cards are the way to go whether you’re in the classroom or at home! LEGO activities are perfect all year round!
PRINTABLE WINTER LEGO TASK CARDS FOR KIDS
STEM with LEGO Bricks
Let’s first start with STEM! STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. So, a good STEM project will intertwine two or more learning areas to complete the project. STEM projects often focus on solving problems and can be based on real-world applications.
What is STEM? Read more about STEM here and real-world STEM projects here.
Building with LEGO offers an engaging and hands-on way for kids to explore and integrate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concepts into their play. Kids develop problem-solving, critical thinking, and spatial reasoning skills by constructing structures and with LEGO pieces.
Assembling and disassembling LEGO models encourages a deep understanding of engineering principles, allowing kids to grasp concepts like structural stability, balance, and leverage. As kids follow instructions to build intricate models or unleash their creativity to design their own creations, they gain valuable insights into mathematical concepts like geometry and proportions.
LEGO is a fantastic tool for developing STEM skills, and it doesn’t just have to be about using Powered Up functions or Mindstorms! Good ole 2×2 and 2×4 bricks will do the trick for our younger engineers. These types of challenges make the perfect stepping stones to more involved LEGO STEM projects later on!
Fun Winter STEM Activities
Explore the changing seasons with STEM and Lego building. These printable winter Lego building ideas are perfect for engaging kids in science, technology, engineering, and math as they complete fun challenges!
You need easy ideas for the kids. I want these printable Winter Lego task cards to be a simple way to have fun with your kids.
They can be used in the classroom as easily as they can be used at home. Print, cut, and laminate to use over and over again.
Also, try this: Build a LEGO Snowflake
WHAT DO LEGO STEM CHALLENGES LOOK LIKE?
STEM challenges are usually open-ended suggestions to solve a problem. That’s a big part of what STEM is all about!
Ask a question, develop solutions, design, test, and retest! The tasks are meant to get kids thinking about and using the design process with Lego!
What’s the design process? I’m glad you asked! In many ways, it’s a series of steps an engineer, inventor, or scientist would go through to solve a problem. Learn more about the steps of the engineering design process.
HOW TO GET STARTED
We try not to use many fancy pieces if at all, so anyone can look at these LEGO ideas!
Discovering how to use the LEGO pieces you already have to make something cool is a great skill for young kids to learn early on. You don’t always need more of something. Instead, use your imagination and work with what you already have!
Here are a few tips:
- Don’t have enough of one color? Use another!
- Have a fun piece you can use instead? Go ahead!
- Want to take the challenge to another level? Make up your additions!
- This Classic LEGO set is perfect if you need to add pieces to your collection.
The goal is to be able to put those critical thinking skills to the test!
Also, look for more fun LEGO theme challenge cards like this:
- Fall LEGO Challenge Cards
- Halloween LEGO Challenge Cards
- Thanksgiving LEGO Challenge Cards
- Christmas LEGO Challenge Cards
- Valentine’s Day LEGO Challenge Cards
- Spring LEGO Challenge Cards
- St Patrick’s Day LEGO Challenge Cards
- Easter LEGO Challenge Cards
- Earth Day LEGO Challenge Cards
PRINTABLE WINTER LEGO STEM CARDS
MORE FUN WINTER ACTIVITIES
- Build a marshmallow igloo.
- Make a DIY snow globe.
- Make a cute snowy pinecone owl.
- Create your own polar bear puppets.
- Paint with homemade shivery snow paint.
- Create this easy polar bear paper plate craft.
- Try tape resist snowflake art.
Printable Winter STEM Pack
Even if you don’t live in a snowy winter climate, there are many ways to explore the season!
WHAT’S INSIDE? You’ll find 250+ Pages of Winter theme projects for science, STEM, and art!
- 25+ Winter science activities and STEM projects for kids that are easy to set up and fit into the time you have available even if it’s limited! NEW: Observation sheets for activities.
- Printable winter theme STEM activities that are simple but engaging for home or classroom. Perfect for K-2 and beyond and adaptable to many skill levels.
- Find simple background science explanations to share with kids while they explore hands-on and playful experiments, projects, and activities! Fun with physics, chemistry, design, engineering, and more!
- Easy to gather supplies makes these STEM activities ideal when you have limited resources available. Perfect for trying with groups of kids.
- Engaging winter STEM activities packed with winter theme activities, journal pages, and design process steps! Includes structure-building cards, STEM challenge cards, and screen-free coding activities.
- Fun snowflake theme STEM, including snowflake cutting templates, snowflake tinker cards, and snowflake science activities, including a snowflake formation cycle!
- Even more, winter printable sheets include hibernating animals sort, snow weather cycle, 5 senses for winter journal pages, thaumatrope patterns, and fun extras all with a winter theme!
