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The LEGO Group and Sesame Workshop have introduced Build the Change for Little Ones, a set of videos and activities about animals and their habitats. The resources include a bat video, with butterfly and worm videos planned, plus printable inspiration cards for families and educators.
The LEGO Group and Sesame Workshop have launched Build the Change for Little Ones, a collection of videos and hands-on activities intended to help young children learn about animals and the habitats they need. The project combines LEGO’s social-impact program with Sesame Workshop’s educational play approach, offering families and educators resources centered on creatures including bats, butterflies and worms.
The activities invite children to watch a short video featuring Sesame Street characters and an animal built from LEGO bricks, then construct a habitat using bricks and household materials. Suggested supplies include cardboard, tape, pens and paper, including recycled items. Children are encouraged to share and discuss what they have made after building.
Each video introduces information about an animal, including its habitat and food and how it relates to people. The first short features a bat, released around Halloween; the next two are planned to focus on butterflies and worms. The source report does not give specific release dates for those videos.
Printable inspiration cards are available to supplement the videos. Each card presents three building ideas related to an animal’s food, water and home. Its reverse side includes a photo of the real animal, a short habitat description and suggestions for features children might include in a LEGO-built version.
Turning Animal Lessons Into Building
The partnership gives families a structured way to connect a short educational video with a creative, hands-on activity. Rather than only introducing animal facts, the materials ask children to use those details when imagining a habitat, such as what an animal needs for food, water and shelter. The approach may help caregivers start conversations about wildlife through play.
The stated audience is especially children ages 4 to 6, though the materials are also presented for families and educators. The companies describe the activities as a way to encourage creativity and care for the environment. Those are the partnership’s aims, not evidence in the source material of measured learning outcomes or a demonstrated change in children’s behavior.
For adults using the resources, the format offers a shared activity that can be adapted to materials already available at home. The cards’ real-animal photographs and habitat notes provide a point of comparison between a child’s construction and the animal it represents, while leaving room for children to make their own designs.
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A Joint Play-Based Learning Project
Build the Change for Little Ones draws on LEGO’s Build the Change social-impact program and Sesame Workshop’s education-based play model. The materials pair the LEGO Group’s building activities with Sesame Street characters, including Elmo, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby, according to the source report.
The project is organized around a simple sequence: watch a video, build a habitat for the featured creature, and discuss the creation with others. Families can find the videos, activity guides and inspiration cards at LEGO.com. The report also says additional videos will be available through the Sesame Street YouTube channel.
The companies frame the project around children noticing animals they may encounter near home and thinking about what those creatures need. The available source describes the resources and their intended audience but provides no pricing information, participation figures or independent evaluation of the activities.
“Children look after what they love, and we want to help them fall in love with nature. Through play, something as simple as building a habitat can turn curiosity into care, and care into action.”
— Lauren von Stackelberg, vice president and head of social responsibility at The LEGO Group
Release Dates and Learning Results
The source material does not specify when the butterfly and worm videos will be published, how often new materials will be added, or whether the project will expand beyond the three animals described. It says families can access resources through LEGO.com and that additional videos will be available on the Sesame Street YouTube channel, but provides no detailed schedule.
It is also unclear whether the companies plan to evaluate the activities’ educational effects. Their statements describe intended benefits, including creativity, curiosity and care for nature, but the report gives no research findings or outcome data confirming those effects.
More Animal Videos to Come
Families and educators can use the current bat-focused video and printable materials through LEGO.com. The source report says butterfly and worm videos are next, and that additional videos will be streamed on the Sesame Street YouTube channel. No dates for those releases were provided.
The next concrete development described is the arrival of those additional animal-focused shorts. Until the companies publish a schedule or further details, the timing and scope of future resources remain unconfirmed.
Key Questions
What is Build the Change for Little Ones?
It is a LEGO Group and Sesame Workshop project combining videos, building activities and printable inspiration cards to introduce children to animals and their habitats.
Which animals are featured?
The first short features a bat. The next two videos are planned to focus on butterflies and worms.
What do children do in the activity?
Children watch an animal video, build a habitat using LEGO bricks and household materials, then share or discuss what they made. The cards offer ideas for representing the animal’s food, water and home.
Where can families find the resources?
The videos, activities and inspiration cards are available at LEGO.com. The source report says additional videos will also be available on the Sesame Street YouTube channel.
When will the butterfly and worm videos be released?
The source report identifies them as the next videos but does not provide release dates.
Source: toybook.com
