👥 A Team: 4-8 youth participants and at least two adult coaches. Teams can have addition adult mentors and mentors can be under 18 years old.

🤖 A Robotics Kit – LEGO Education Computer Science and AI Kit
– Grades K-2 teams need one kit
– Grades 3-5 teams need two kits and one hardware bundle
– Grades 6-8 teams need two kits

💻 A Computer or Tablet – For programming your robot.

🌴 A BIOGLOW Annual Set – LEGO elements and season-specific materials they need to explore this year’s BIOGLOW challenge

Optional Items: Team t-shirts/ costumes, travel expenses to an event, presentation supplies, notebooks, poster board, team snacks, etc.

Find a Sample Budget Here

Step 1 — Create a FIRST Account or Log Into your Existing FIRST Account
The adult coach creates the account—not the student.

Step 2 — Create Your Team
From My Teams, select Create a New Team → FIRST LEGO League. You can manage multiple teams from the same account.

Step 3 — Select Future Edition
Follow the prompts and select the option using LEGO Education CS & AI.

Step 4 — Complete Your Purchase

FIRST confirms that U.S. teams now register through the FIRST Dashboard and complete purchases through the new FIRST Storefront.

Once a team is registered with FIRST, they can register to participate in a Virginia + DC FIRST LEGO League Future event. We also will be allowing FLL Future Edition teams for Maryland to attend and participate in our events. Reach out to questions@va-dcfll.org for more details.

We are excited to have such a variety of community based organizations, homeschool groups, public/private school groups, and friends and family teams. Due to the varying degrees of team dynamics, FIRST and VA-DC FLL do not match youth to existing teams due to our privacy policy. Teams form in local communities and recruit as needed. We encourage those looking for a team to contact local schools, libraries, or youth organizations that may have a team in place or an interest in starting one. Please find additional suggestions below on how to find a team:

• Using the FIRST Team and Event Search tool on our website is a great way to look for teams in your area!
  • Use the “Filter” section to narrow your search results by program
  • The result may yield team number, name, location, and rookie year. Teams have the option of disclosing an email address publicly. We cannot provide contact information for teams that opt to not disclose that information;
• We recommend conducting a Google or other web search on the team’s name. Often a website or Facebook page will appear in the search results that may provide team contact information; as many teams form via schools, youth organizations, and community groups, we also recommend reaching out to these organizations in your area to inquire if any have a FIRST team and if so, if they are looking for additional members.
• The easiest way to get your child involved in a team is to start one! Scroll of the top of this page to learn more 😄

The LEGO Education Computer Science and AI Kits are a new product that launched in Spring 2026. Teams getting started would have the best luck purchasing directly from the FIRST Dashboard (after registering a team) or the LEGO Education site.

Pay Attention to specific program needs…
– Grades K-2 teams need one kit
– Grades 3-5 teams needs two kits and one hardware bundle
– Grades 6-8 teams need two kits

Find a Sample Budget Here – Major expenses to consider…

FIRST LEGO League Future Edition also offers classroom options designed for up to 24 students, making it easier for educators to bring the program to an entire class. Classroom bundles provide enough LEGO Education Computer Science & AI materials for students to work in small groups while participating in the same hands-on building, coding, and problem-solving experience. LEARN MORE

The classroom bundle options allows a school to send up to three (3) teams to a VA-DC FLL event.