Geometry and games
TANGRAM:
The tangram is a very old Chinese game, which consists of forming figures with the seven pieces given without overlapping them.
The seven pieces, called "Tans", are the following:
5 triangles, two constructed with the main diagonal of the same size, the two small ones of the central strip are also of the same size.
1 square
1 parallelogram or romboid
Usually the "Tans" are saved by forming a square.
LEGO:
Boys and girls love building constructions with building blocks and in particular the "Lego" type. Lego is on the border between game and material or educational resource and therefore is very interesting.
We can create very interesting activities by asking questions like:
- What is the highest structure you can build with these blocks?
- What is the lowest structure you can build with these blocks?
- Build an alphabet letter using blocks?
- Create a pattern using all blocks.
- Create a cube and a triangle using the blocks.
We can increase the difficulty of this geometry activity by giving more blocks or more variety of colors or shapes.
GEOMAG:
Through this game, the teacher can propose an infinite number of tasks, in which the students can visually see the geometric figures, as well as, they can manipulate, create, invent, all kinds of figures. In this way, students learn significantly, since they leave textbooks to focus on manipulation and research.
This game can be overlapped with the Montessori geometric solids, as you can see in the image.
For greater difficulty, we can challenge the students to make more complex figures, and we can even ask them to create their own figure, so that they develop creativity.
The tangram is a very old Chinese game, which consists of forming figures with the seven pieces given without overlapping them.
The seven pieces, called "Tans", are the following:
5 triangles, two constructed with the main diagonal of the same size, the two small ones of the central strip are also of the same size.
1 square
1 parallelogram or romboid
Usually the "Tans" are saved by forming a square.
LEGO:
Boys and girls love building constructions with building blocks and in particular the "Lego" type. Lego is on the border between game and material or educational resource and therefore is very interesting.
We can create very interesting activities by asking questions like:
- What is the highest structure you can build with these blocks?
- What is the lowest structure you can build with these blocks?
- Build an alphabet letter using blocks?
- Create a pattern using all blocks.
- Create a cube and a triangle using the blocks.
We can increase the difficulty of this geometry activity by giving more blocks or more variety of colors or shapes.
GEOMAG:
Through this game, the teacher can propose an infinite number of tasks, in which the students can visually see the geometric figures, as well as, they can manipulate, create, invent, all kinds of figures. In this way, students learn significantly, since they leave textbooks to focus on manipulation and research.
This game can be overlapped with the Montessori geometric solids, as you can see in the image.
For greater difficulty, we can challenge the students to make more complex figures, and we can even ask them to create their own figure, so that they develop creativity.
