Do you offer classes near my home?
How long do the classes run?
What LEGO® classes do you offer?
What are the age recommendations for each class?
What will the children learn?
What is the class size?
What academic areas do these classes cover?
What is your affiliation with FIRST LEGO® League?
Does my child take anything home?
Do you sell the LEGO® kits?
What other classes do you offer?
Where do you offer classes?
How do I find out if you are offering a class in our community?


Do you offer classes near my home? Classes are taught near you, throughout West Michigan. Check with local community education departments or parks and recreation office to see if classes are offered in your area. If these classes are not offered through you local office or school district, request that your local community ed or parks and rec offer these classes. A PARENT`S VOICE IS A POWERFUL ONE! Please contact us if you would like to bring these classes to your community. You can send an email to jill.devries@michiganlearning.com or call (616) 828-9586.
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How long do the classes run? Typically, our classes meet for 2 hours at a time for 7 weeks.
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What LEGO® classes do you offer? Intro to Junior Engineering, Elementary Engineering 1, and ROBOTICS ACADEMY.  For an updated list, please see our Classes for Kids page.
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What are the age recommendations for each class? Intro to Junior Engineering is appropriate for children ages 5-7. Elementary Engineering 1 is appropriate for children ages 8 and up. ROBOTICS ACADEMY is appropriate for children ages 10 and up, ages 8-9 if the child has completed LEGO® Engineering 1 & 2.
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What will the children learn? We use LEGO® kits full of advanced LEGO® parts and pieces, called LEGO® elements, which are not available in stores. Junior Engineering, Elementary Engineering 1 teaches the children about engineering concepts as they apply to these advanced LEGO® elements. In these classes, the children learn about gears, levers, pulleys, wheels, axles, motors, piston rods, cams, plates, sensors, brain modules, and more! By the time the student is enrolled in the ROBOTICS ACADEMY class, they will know enough about engineering, and how it applies to these advanced LEGO® elements, that they can actually build a robot that is limited only to their imagination, and program it through wireless communication with software on a laptop computer. The children will learn to program and control motors, light sensors, touch sensors, and rotational sensors. Where was this stuff when we were kids?!!
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What is the class size? The children are teamed in small groups, so that only 2 students share a kit. The class size is usually limited to 24 students, the minimum size is usually 10.
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What academic areas do these classes cover? The four main academic areas that our classes cover are Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The fifth area is fun.
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What is your affiliation with FIRST LEGO® League? Our classes prepare students to successfully compete in the LEGO® competitions. FIRST is an acronym: For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST LEGO® Leagues are usually formed by parents who wish to have their teams compete at local, state and national levels. The 2003 state competition in Michigan was held at the Novi Expo Center in Novi, Michigan. It was sponsored by the GM Proving Grounds. Please refer to http://www.firstlegoleague.org/ for more information.
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Does my child take anything home? As you know, LEGO® pieces can be used to build many different things. Throughout our classes, children build several different projects using the same parts and pieces from our kits. Our kits contain from 220 to over 1200 parts and pieces. These kits are very expensive and are not available in any store.  If we included a kit to be taken home by the student, our classes would be double to triple the price that we currently charge.
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Do you sell the LEGO® kits? No, I`m sorry, but we do not sell the kits.
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What other classes do you offer? We offer a wide variety of computer and technology classes that can be customized to you needs. Please email jill.devries@michiganlearning.com or call (616) 828-9586 for more information.
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Where do you offer classes? Our LEGO® classes are typically offered as after school classes, evening classes, spring camps and summer camps. These classes are offered in joint partnerships with Community Education, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Parks and Recreation offices, Middle and Elementary Schools and Museums. As you can imagine, these are extremely popular classes. Classes taught near you, throughout the United States. Check with local community education departments or parks and recreation to see if classes are offered in your area. Please contact us if you would like to bring these classes to your community.
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How do I find out if you are offering a class in our community? You can send an email to jill.devries@michiganlearning.com or call (616) 828-9586. Classes are taught near you, throughout the United States. Check with local community education departments or parks and recreation office to see if classes are offered in your area. If these classes are not offered through you local office or school district, request that your local community ed or parks and rec offer these classes. A PARENT`S VOICE IS A POWERFUL ONE! Please contact us if you would like to bring these classes to your community.
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