There’s a mathy moment there for sure as he navigates acute and obtuse angles and notes the difficulty or ease of dealing with each. Apparently, cutting out this shape hit the sweet spot of challenge and interest for him. Well, let me tell you, that kid went to town! He could not get enough of cutting out these shapes. So I handed him a sheet of traced shapes and a pair of scissors. Just make sure your patience levels are high. Never turn down a 5-year-old who insists on helping. I felt that I needed to do the cutting so that the shape would be as precise as possible, but the 5-year-old insisted on helping me. I used 3 parallelograms and one equilateral triangle to make this: I traced it, then I started cutting out a lot of them in many different colors. I created a shape that could tessellate in what I thought would be an interesting way. You’ll need some time and patience for this. Create your own simple tessellation pictures with your kids.(By the way, these soft pattern blocks are an awesome gift to give to kids who aren’t likely to try to eat them.) Remember those soft pattern blocks that we used in the tub? Use them again to make tiling patterns during tubby time…but this time call them tessellations. Tessellate in the tub! This is a great idea because your kid has got to get into the tub at some point, right? Right.If you don’t have the time or inclination to get crafty with your kids, you can simply point out patterns and introduce the world “tessellation.” I mean, really, isn’t it a cool word? Say it! Sing it! Turn it into slam poetry! You can find tessellations in any kind of tiling pattern. Point them out around your house and around town.So how to do tessellations with your kids? Here are some ideas:
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