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Click the link below or head on over to our "Current Research" to learn more about our new study!

The Toy Project

 

 

For her senior honors thesis, Davis Straske '19 researched and wrote about the development of empathy in young boys-- finding that when young boys were able to play with baby dolls, they developed stronger empathy. She submitted her thesis and was featured on the WBUR (Boston NPR) website and radio show - Go Davis!!

Here's a link to read more about it:

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/05/14/college-seniors-thesis-commencement 

Last week, we visited Fairfield Elementary through the Rockbridge County YMCA after school program. It was our first ever visit to Fairfield, and we had a great time!

We split up into stations to learn about the various components of LEGOs: from spatial skills, to creativity, to mental rotation!

Main Street Lexington hosted a downtown trick-or-treat for Halloween, and we loved sharing our Lego photo station and meeting so many new families! Thanks so everyone who entered our drawing to win the LEGO Under the Sea set; the winner will be announced today!

And, thanks to W&L Professor Dr. Haley Sigler for the great picture!

An update on our Babysitting night for this Friday, November 2 -- we are FULL! Thanks so much to the families who have registered, and if you didn't get the chance, look for notices in January about our winter semester babysitting night!

See you Friday!

 

This past weekend, we delivered all of the entries from our LEGO Build Day into the Fair Fantastics LEGO competition at the Rockbridge Fair and Expo.

Our builders ROCKED it! We brought back 11 ribbons and one BEST IN SHOW prize! Congrats to the creator of "National Park!"

Many thanks and congratulations to our builders -- be sure to email us to find a time to pick up your prize, and plan on a summer 2019 LEGO Build Day with the Fulcher Lab!

We had a great day outside building LEGOs, meeting new people, and taking pictures with our LEGO photo-op.

We hope everyone who came to the festival had a great day, and see you there next year!

We will!

Come see our Fulcher Lab booth in front of Haywood's this Saturday (August 25th) at the Rockbridge Community Festival from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. We'll have LEGO and DUPLO building stations, as well as information on our upcoming community events and research projects for the 2018-2019 school year!

Hope to see you there!

 

We hope everyone has a great first day of the 2018-2019 school year at Rockbridge County Public Schools!

Our research assistants are still here, so if you're looking for a fun after-school activity one day, email us to sign up for a research session! We have studies for children ages 3 to 10, all of which involve toy play.

We hope it's a great year! 

Thanks so everyone who attended our LEGO build day on Saturday! We built awesome LEGO creations that we will enter into the Rockbridge Fair & Expo's LEGO competition.

Swing by the Fair on September 7th or 8th to see the creations on display!