Last night, we learned about different types of quadrilaterals...
...lines of symmetry...
...and things like congruent, and scalene triangles...
...all while making a pretty nifty, origami whale...
...thanks to a free, Scholastic printable (click here, to find it, and another origami math project) from Karen Baicker...
...adapted from her book, Origami Math, Grades 2-3.
It's great to be a homeschooler!
Linked with Joyful Learner's Math Monday, where you can find more math activities, and ideas for children.
What a wonderful way to learn geomety!
ReplyDeleteYou've inspired me to get our origami book out when our 10 year friend came over. It turns out she's quite the origamist! There is a lot of visual math and even problem solving in origami, isn't there? Thanks for linking!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I have a thing for whales. I grew up in New Bedford, MA - if you have read Moby Dick, New Bedford (once the whaling capital of the world) is the setting. So, we always spent a lot of time learning about whales in school and I think they are magnificent. Anyway, I like the origami!
ReplyDeleteLooks like y'all had a whale good time! (hee! hee!)
ReplyDeleteIt IS great to be a home schooler.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this...it looks wonderful and my children are really into this right now.
That's a whale of a tale!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the book suggestion! I just placed it on hold at our library :0)
ReplyDeleteI am amazed with how you pick up a topic and run with it - it's like watching a master at work. I have to bookmark this entire sequence "for later".
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