Legomom Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My son is a Lego fanatic and he loves to build creations. He has attended several Lego Robotics camps and he didn't like them. He felt that they were boring because they were about programming and very little building. I sincerely wish that he enjoyed Lego Robotics but we tried 3 different camps/classes (same instructor who is an engineer and seemed good) and it was a no go. Legos are his primary interest and I would love it if he could be involved in a Lego group. The robotics programming seemed very easy and the robots seemed so limited. Is there something that I am missing here? I am hoping that someone with more experience can give me further insight. DS is definitely not interested in computers but he loves remote control stuff. I am wondering if even though it is Lego Robotics, it is ultimately more of a computer club than a Lego club. Anyway, any thoughts or input on this would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Lego Robotics is a *robotics* club, which is mostly about programming. If you have a Lego store near you, some of them have junior builder programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 FWIW, my son is a Lego fanatic, even still at the age of 15. However, he had no interest in the robotics. He joined a group that his best friend's mom put together and he attended the first couple of meetings. All he wanted to do was build and it was just too structured for him, especially because he was going to have to learn the programming bits too. I let him drop it. It didn't make sense to force him into it. The group took 1st place in whatever competition they did but that didn't impress my son one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 You might want to see if there's a LUG (Lego Users Group)or AFOL group (Adult fan of Lego) near you. Both of these tend to be more about building, and I mean really big, dramatic building in most cases-the kind of things that take months to design and build. Some are more friendly about kids participating than others (some are over 18, and stick to it, and some will welcome younger participants to sit in as long as an adult comes with them, and some will even run parallel groups for younger builders). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 My daughter loves Lego robotics (convinced me to start a first lego league team) but she is absolutely into computers and programming (wants to major in computer science). She never really played much with Legos until she discovered the Mindstorms. Check this site to see all the different robots people build http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in SW WA Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 You might want to see if there's a LUG (Lego Users Group)or AFOL group (Adult fan of Lego) near you. Both of these tend to be more about building, and I mean really big, dramatic building in most cases-the kind of things that take months to design and build. Some are more friendly about kids participating than others (some are over 18, and stick to it, and some will welcome younger participants to sit in as long as an adult comes with them, and some will even run parallel groups for younger builders). Donna, I love your gallery of creations on your blog! Wow! So impressive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 If the kids really begin getting into doing the programming themselves, then it's not all that easy and lots of kids interested in programming really like figuring out how to create a program that solves a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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