LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set is a part of the LEGO learning system. It will help your child grasp knowledge easily and in a creative manner as it uses playful learning experiences. If you’re wondering what exactly is it or how does it work, then let us tell you about it in detail below.

LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential Set highly believes in making learning fun and interesting for primary school students in STEAM learning. SPIKE™ Essential makes children independent in terms of thinking and children become more creative.

It encourages students to investigate STEAM concepts by contributing to different aspects of learning and development. From literacy to emotional skills development, your child learns everything and develops as an individual.

Students are able to easily solve problems after learning from the LEGO learning system. As they face challenges and learn how to deal with them by problem-solving. They discover more by learning and watching their imagination turn into reality!

SPIKE™ Essential uses various unique characteristics and personalities to make learning relatable. Students tend to remember characters more easily because they find them entertaining, which is why it makes learning interesting.

The kit has been designed by a team of experts for students of grades 1 – 5. SPIKE Essential helps with problem-solving by taking a narrative-based approach. It is accompanied by a comprehensive professional development program.

Many Schools across the GCC Countries and Dubai, incorporate LEGO in their school curriculum.

    Here’s what is included in the box

1. LEGO Education SPIKE Essential Set
2. LEGO Technic Color Sensor
3. LEGO Technic Small Angular Motor
4. LEGO Technic 3×3 Color Light Matrix
5. LEGO Technic Small Hub
6. LEGO Technic Small Hub Battery

LEGO® Education  SPIKE™ Essential targets a broader age group than WeDo 2.0 and is the foundation of the LEGO Education portfolio for primary schools.

One set can be shared by two students in a classroom setting. Teachers favor LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential, not only to make learning a better experience but also to make children independent thinkers.

SPIKE™ Essential offers 5 different curriculum units for primary school students in grades 1-5. The curriculum unit consists of lesson plans and teaching resources across 45-minute lessons, including an open project 2 x 45 minutes. These 45- minute lessons will help your child be creative and explore the inside world of LEGO.

Students can develop social and emotional language by creating stories and helping the main character in the story to solve problems. This way they will learn to deal with and face real-life problems.

It also helps students to understand the engineering design process, defining a problem, brainstorming solutions and testing and refining prototypes. It also strengthens oral communication skills as students discuss their experiences together. This helps in enhancing the child’s communication skills.

The scientific concepts of energy, energy transfer and collision are also investigated through SPIKE™ Essential. Students tend to develop computational thinking skills that involve creating and modifying sequences, testing, debugging, and using loops, easier to learn and understand.

Overall, a variety of age-appropriate tools help students to develop their memory and become independent thinkers. They will understand what decisions to take, when and how. Every student will develop at their own pace, however, learning with the LEGO® Education  SPIKE™ Essential kit will make learning an exceptional experience.

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