Two more math concepts we are covering are shapes & symmetry. We are following the "Building Shapes" plan from the Math Forum website: http://www.mathforum.com/varnelle/kgeo3.html .
There are 3 parts to each activity
- Manipulative (using shapes as in the above picture)
- Technology (using a website - on this activity we created hexagons on the computer just like these hexagons using the foam shapes)
- Paper/Pencil (this time we actually used crayons to color the shapes we had made)
Day 1: We were creating hexagons using the following shapes: triangle, rhombus (or parallelogram), and trapezoid. Great review as we haven't used these terms in quite a while! And, she really enjoyed it. I was ready to give up and not do the last part, coloring. But, she wanted us to do it, so we did!
Day 2: We worked with rotational symmetry using our foam shapes and the computer applet. Rotational symmetry was something we've never discussed.
Day 3: We used the applet to make pictures with line symmetry. We also are covering symmetry in our regular math program, RightStart. For line symmetry, we used colored tiles. I made a picture on one side of a line, and Alexandra had to make the "mirror image." Then, she checked it with a mirror.
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