Bricks 4 Kidz - Oakbrook, IL

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Bricks 4 Kidz classes provide an extraordinary atmosphere for children, where we learn, we build, we play… with LEGO® bricks.

After School Bricks 4 Kidz® Curriculum
Detailed Description of the Program

DESCRIPTION:
• This is a hands-on class where students build machines, buildings, vehicles and other structures out of LEGO® bricks, using one-of-a-kind model plans designed by Bricks 4 Kidz.
• While exploring principles of engineering, architecture, physics and more, students will develop problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Participants build a new project each week.
• Each class begins with a teacher-led discussion related to the day’s model.
• Once the project is completed, children use the rest of their time to expand their gadgets and collaborate with one another. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT:
• Students will work in a lab-type setting using LEGO® components such as gears, axles and beams.
• Instructional content is multi-disciplinary and designed by educators to increase student’s general knowledge and introduce S.T.E.M. (science, technology, engineering and math) concepts related to the day’s model.
• Lessons are designed around students’ interests, with themes like animals, space, transportation and sports.
• The material covered each session will vary depending on students’ ages, experience, and skill level.
• All materials will be provided. GOALS:
• For children to play and socialize with friends while learning fundamentals of engineering and architecture in a non-competitive setting.
• To build problem-solving skills, provide an opportunity for creative expression and foster an appreciation of how things work.
• To help students understand that Architecture and Engineering are viable career choices. BENEFITS:
• Kids already know how to build with LEGO® bricks, but with a little coaching they can learn about engineering, architecture, physics and math using specialized components.
• When lessons are related to something kids enjoy, like building with LEGO® bricks, kids are more motivated and retain more of what they learn.
• Working with a partner fosters teamwork and cooperation.
• Completing a new challenge each week builds self-esteem. DURATION/FREQUENCY/COST:
• The program runs throughout the school year and follows the school calendar.
• Classes meet 1 hour per week for 4 - 12 weeks.
• Each session is competitively priced per student.
• Students may join in at the beginning of each session.

10/06/2026

October 4 to 10 is World Space Week, and it's a good week to tell kids how spacecraft actually get built.
Not all at once. Every part is designed, measured, tested and reinforced by people who care whether it holds.
Kids at Bricks 4 Kidz work the same way on a much smaller scale. They build, check whether it stands, strengthen the base, improve the design. Same instincts, same patience, same satisfaction when it finally holds together. 🚀
The people building spacecraft today started out building something small.

What would your child send into space if they could?

10/01/2026

There's a moment in every build where a child isn't sure what comes next.
What happens in that moment is the whole job.
Bricks 4 Kidz instructors are trained to read it. Sometimes it's a question that points in the right direction. Sometimes it's a hand on the next piece. Often it's waiting a few seconds longer, because the child is about to work it out themselves. 💡
That's the difference between being shown and being taught. Kids leave with the model they built, and the feeling that they built it.

Visit https://www.bricks4kidz.com/illinois-elmhurst-lombard/ to find Bricks 4 Kidz programs near you.

What's something your child figured out on their own recently?

09/28/2026

School breaks should feel like a break. That doesn't mean the learning has to stop.
At Bricks 4 Kidz camps, kids spend their time building, imagining and figuring things out. They're having fun the whole way through, and picking up creativity, problem-solving and confidence without any of it feeling like work. 🚀
Fall and school-break camps are coming soon.

Visit https://www.bricks4kidz.com/illinois-elmhurst-lombard/ to find Bricks 4 Kidz camps near you.
Is your family planning anything for the next school break?

09/22/2026

To a parent watching from the doorway it looks like play. A kid, a pile of colorful bricks and a lot of noise.
Here's what's actually happening.
They're holding an idea in their head long enough to make it real. They're working out why one version held and another didn't. They're negotiating with the kid across the table over who gets the last wheel. And they're staying with something hard past the point where they wanted to quit. ⚙️
None of it feels like learning. All of it is.
That's what a Bricks 4 Kidz session is built to do, and it's the part that stays long after the model comes apart.

Which of those would you most want your child to get better at?

09/17/2026

Every builder learns the same lesson early. If the base is weak, it doesn't matter how good the rest looks.
The Constitution was signed 239 years ago today on that same principle. Get the foundation right, and what you build on top of it can hold for generations.
At Bricks 4 Kidz, kids discover this with their own hands. A tower with a narrow base topples. A bridge without support sags. So they widen it, reinforce it and try again, and learn that things built to last are built that way on purpose. 💡
Happy Constitution Day.

What's the tallest thing your child has ever built?

09/13/2026

Ask a grandparent how something works and you'll rarely get a short answer. You'll get the story of the first time they took one apart.
That instinct, to open it up, figure it out and put it back together, is the same one behind every model a child builds at Bricks 4 Kidz. Colorful bricks, gears and motors are just a newer way to ask a very old question: how does this actually work? 💡
Today we're thanking the grandparents who answered that question first, and who are still the best people to build alongside.
Happy Grandparents Day from all of us at Bricks 4 Kidz.

Grandparents, what's the first thing you ever took apart?

09/07/2026

Today we celebrate the people whose work keeps everything running. Builders, teachers, engineers, drivers, makers and menders.
Here's the part worth telling a kid on Labor Day: every one of those jobs started as an idea, and someone curious enough to figure out how it worked.
At Bricks 4 Kidz, that curiosity turns into something real. Kids design, test and rebuild their way to a finished creation, and pick up the patience to keep going when the first try doesn't hold. 💡
Happy Labor Day from all of us at Bricks 4 Kidz.
What does your child want to be when they grow up?

09/02/2026

Homework's done. Now what?
The after-school hours are where curiosity gets room to run.
At Bricks 4 Kidz, kids spend them building. Colorful bricks, gears and motors become vehicles that roll, bridges that hold and machines that actually work. Along the way they pick up problem-solving, focus, teamwork and plenty of “I made that!” confidence. ⚙️
Classes are filling up for the new school year.

Visit https://www.bricks4kidz.com/illinois-elmhurst-lombard/ to find Bricks 4 Kidz after-school programs near you.
What would your child build first?

08/29/2026

Build it. Test it. Make it STRONGER!
Will the bridge hold? There’s only one way to find out—send in the truck!
At Bricks 4 Kidz, every wobble, redesign and successful test teaches kids something powerful: the first idea doesn’t have to be the final one. Young builders learn to experiment, solve problems and keep improving until their creation is ready for the challenge.
Because when a bridge gets stronger, so does the builder behind it!
How many trucks do you think your child’s brick bridge could hold? Share your guess below!

08/24/2026

The wheels on this bus were made to MOVE!
Can your young builder create a school bus that rolls smoothly, stays balanced and makes it all the way down the road? There’s only one way to find out: build it, test it and keep improving!
At Bricks 4 Kidz, kids turn colorful bricks into hands-on lessons in creativity, engineering and problem-solving. Every spinning wheel, sturdy axle and successful test run builds something even bigger—confidence!
What back-to-school creation would your child build first? Tell us below! 👇

Address

Lombard, IL
60148

Telephone

+1 630-448-2451

Website

https://bricks4kidz.us/illinois-elmhurst-lombard/

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