{"id":15,"date":"2020-05-13T05:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2023-07-06T11:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:49:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong><em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League for Preschool Students<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #662d91; font-size: 18px;\">More than robots.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1571 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LEGO-Discover-1-Melissa-Doubek-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LEGO-Discover-1-Melissa-Doubek-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LEGO-Discover-1-Melissa-Doubek-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LEGO-Discover-1-Melissa-Doubek-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><br \/>In Michigan, FIRST LEGO League Discover is a preschool program. This playful introductory STEM program ignites their natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning with hands-on activities in the classroom and at home using LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae bricks.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Use LEGO to solve missions based on real-world problems.<\/li>\r\n<li>Learn from and interact with adult Mentors and Coaches.<\/li>\r\n<li>Work as a group to overcome obstacles.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>FIRST is more than robots. Its vision is to develop the next generation of innovators and leaders.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #662d91; font-size: 18px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-372\" src=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_20190813_091323758-1-e1592232911154.jpg\" \/>Let\u2019s play!<\/span><br \/>Programs can be school-based or can form within non-profit organizations, scout troops, or home school groups. <em>FIRST<\/em> LEGO League Discover is a fit in any setting: large, small, public, private, rural, urban, or suburban.<\/p>\r\n<p>A new and exciting Challenge is presented every year, and each team of four children begins their exploration of this real-world theme with an exclusive LEGO Education Discovery Set. With this set as a starting point, they build a solution to the Challenge with LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae elements. Teams share their journey, ideas, models, and STEM skills at a celebration event. 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This playful introductory STEM program ignites their natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning with hands-on activities in the classroom and at home using LEGO\u00ae DUPLO\u00ae bricks. Use LEGO to solve missions based on real-world problems. Learn from and interact with adult Mentors and Coaches. Work as a group to overcome obstacles. FIRST is more than robots. Its vision is to develop the next generation of innovators and leaders. Let\u2019s play!Programs can be school-based or can form within non-profit organizations, scout troops, or home school<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/about\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-klaw-webmastergmail-com","post-15"],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1547,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FLL-Discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}