Let Frank Lloyd Wright inspire your kids' creativity

Families can explore architecture and design in unique and exciting ways in a new program this summer at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House.

DESIGN TEAM @ Robie House incorporates play into the creative process as children with an accompanying adult investigate a design challenge and explore that challenge when together they complete an interactive craft.

Sessions take place 10 to 11:30 a.m., Thursdays July 9, 16, 23 and 30 at Frederick C. Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago. Admission is $5 per child. Accompanying adults are free.

Instruction for the following classes is provided by Frank Lloyd Wright Trust educators in collaboration with students from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

· Color and Light: The World Through My Window, July 9: Geometry, color and pattern are explored in the creation of a unique window design inspired by Wright’s magnificent Robie House windows. http://flwright.org/programs/designteam1

· Building Blocks of Architecture: Designing with LEGO©, July 16: Visit Wright’s Robie house for a discovery-filled, hands-on design workshop. LEGOs are used to solve a design problem and create a building. Participants will have the option to purchase their LEGO creation to take home. http://flwright.org/programs/designteam2

· Sun Prints: Designing with Nature and Light, Thursday, July 23: Participants use light-sensitive paper, found objects and natural materials to make a cyanotype image to take home. http://flwright.org/programs/designteam3

· Junior Architects: Designing and Building My New Home, July 30: Build your dream home from cardboard and found objects. http://flwright.org/programs/designteam4

For more information about DESIGN TEAM @ Robe House, visit http://cal.flwright.org/programs/youthfamily/designteam/