Learn About Nature with The LEGO Group and Sesame Workshop

Hands-on play meets habitat heroes with a new collection of activities from The LEGO Group and Sesame Workshop! The companies are encouraging littles to interact with the tiny creatures that support our ecosystem by building their homes and nutrient sources from LEGO bricks and other craft materials. 

Build the Change for Little Ones combines The LEGO Group’s social impact program, Build the Change, with Sesame Workshop’s beloved characters and both companies’ education-based play models. Families can visit lego.com to discover resources such as videos, activity guides, and inspiration cards that focus on everyday animals and their needs. 

Each video features Sesame Street characters, an animal made of LEGO bricks, and information about its habitat, favorite foods, how it helps us, and more. The first short showcases a bat (just in time for Halloween), while the next two showcase butterflies and worms. 

Families simply follow three steps: watch the video, create the creature’s habitat from LEGO bricks and materials around the house (such as cardboard, tape, pens, paper, and other recycled items), then discuss the creation with others. Kids can rely on what they learned from the video to build a home filled with features that help the animal thrive. 

These activities will help kids, especially kids ages 4-6, flex their creative muscles while instilling a connection with the environment. Littles will develop a sense of care and responsibility for the world around them as they build a pretend home for the bugs they see frequently around their own homes. The resources — and familiar faces like the Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby — will encourage families to use their creativity to nurture the natural beings around them. 

Educators and caregivers can supplement the brick-building fun and short films with free, printable inspiration cards. Each card has an image of a potential construction for the animal’s food source, water source, and home. The back of the card features photos of the real animal, a blurb about its habitat, and tips on what to include when making brick versions of its home. 

Families can find the videos, themed activities, and inspiration cards at lego.com. Additional videos will be available to stream on the Sesame Street YouTube channel.