The first attempt was very random but it was interesting to see how T was trying to get the squares and triangles to fit together. After demonstrating by printing 4 triangles around a square, I set the challenge to fill the paper with a pattern with no spaces using just the triangles and squares. We started off with a little demonstration of how the sides of a triangle were, all the same, size as the 4 sides of the square and that we could print them to get them to match up easily. Use this square to cut out an equilateral triangle from the other potato half – it took me a little measuring and comparing to get the measurements of the sides of both the square and triangle equal however if you have a square template and a triangle template that you know tessellate then use this to create the shapes in the bottom of the potato half. Cut out a square from one of the potato halves. This time, we will be using squares and triangles as squares and triangles tessellate nicely. This is nice to do the cutting of the potato with the children, however, to get accurate shapes that will fit together it’s much easier to do it independently in preparation for the activity especially if you are doing this with a class or a group of children.Ĭut a potato in half – your children will find it easier to print if you create a handle in the top of the potato – use a knife to cut a section out from one side – leave a centre section of about 1cm and then cut out a similar section from the other side. Two different coloured paints Preparation To start to grasp tessellation and pattern making with simple triangles and rectangles.More Fruit and Vegetable Ideas for Preschoolers and Kindergarten.
For this week’s #TeachECE theme, we’re looking a fruit and vegetables so using potatoes to print out some simple tessellation is a fun art and maths activity.
#EASY TESSELLATION ART TRIAL#
Trying through trial and error to get shapes to fit together without gaps children will start to develop an understanding of how a triangle is connected to a rectangle/square and from there how triangles can be connected to other shapes. Tessellation is just one area of pattern making that it is especially easy to explore through art and is a fun way to get kids to start thinking in terms of the number of sides, angles as well as how shapes fit together. 110 Tessellations ideas tesselations, mc escher, art Tessellations Much of what I have pinned comes from a source that had the following info. Recognising and creating patterns is one of the key areas for math as a child develops what may start as putting together a row of coloured beads is the foundation that lead to the discovery of the Fibonacci Sequence and the golden ratio – yes that’s a big step from making simple patterns in preschool and kindergarten but everyone has to start somewhere.
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