Sequim Gazette staff

On Saturday morning, May 30, the Sequim Library will offer three sessions of Lego Challenge.

Based on author and master Lego brick designer Sean Kenney’s book “Cool Creations in 35 Pieces,” the program offers individual kits containing 35 Lego pieces to participants who will then be given 45 minutes to create as many objects as possible.

All Legos will remain in the library after the event.

The Lego Challenge is recommended for children who are 7 years of age or older. The program is free of charge but only 15 kits per session are available.

Children may work on the kit alone or with a friend.

Sessions will take place at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. Advance registration is required. Register online through the Sequim Library’s Events calendar at www.nols.org, call 683-1161 or send an e-mail to youth@nols.org. All materials will be provided.

Lego toys have been shown to develop the ability to think in three dimensions (a precursor to physics), enhance communication and critical thinking, boost motor development, improve creativity, develop problem-solving and encourage lateral thinking (solving problems through an indirect and creative approach using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic).

Beyond the fun factor, for younger children, the brightly colored pieces and interlocking combinations provide hours of sorting skills, patterning practice and fine-motor development which are key factors in most kindergarten math curriculums.

All materials for this program are provided by the Washington State Library.

For information on these and other programs for youth, visit www.nols.org and click on “Youth.”