Attention Lego nuts. If your child is really crazy about Lego, imagine living in a town of 6,000 which is home to the Lego dynasty. Imagine going to a school where virtually everything is made out of plastic building bricks. Well, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansens is making that dream a reality.
The Danish town of Billund will soon host a Lego school. Opening this summer, the venture has received mixed reactions from parents concerned about its experimental nature.
"I worry about using my children as guinea pigs," said one parent in an article in the Guardian. "They're trying to do something quite different, so there are bound to be teething problems."
The subsidized school, for three to seven year olds, will combine the international baccalaureate (IB) with the Danish school system and of course the focus on creativity and 'free play.' Apparently half of admissions will be Danish students, the other half international.
School supporters believe the learning equation will prove a huge success.
"Allowing time for creativity, play and getting into a state of flow is at the centre of Lego's philosophy and we'll be experimenting with this and other ideas in the timetabling," said British headmaster Richard Matthews. "But we also have a responsibility—the children's education comes first and sometimes the old methods will be the best."
But sceptics maintain that the child-centred model often results in chaos, with children lacking a sense of purpose.
In any case this big kid would love to visit... Sound good?
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