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Sep 22, 2022 · Cut It. Fold a piece of paper in half and draw a line that starts and ends on the fold. You could draw half a heart, star, rectangle, butterfly, or flower. Then let the child cut along the line. When she unfolds the paper, voila! A symmetrical shape is revealed. You can turn this shape into a fun card!
Oct 31, 2018 · Here are some fun ideas to try! Learning Math with Jewelry Making: Help kids understand symmetry by creating symmetrical necklaces and bracelets. Symmetrical LEGO Snowflakes: Explore symmetry with LEGO by building symmetrical snowflakes. Symmetry with Wooden Blocks: This fun activity combines mirrors and block shapes to help kids see symmetry ...
- Making Loose Parts Faces. Babies and toddlers begin to understand symmetry by looking at faces. A face is usually a reasonably symmetrical thing, and we come to ‘know’ this even though children couldn’t put it into words often.
- Using Geoboards. Geoboards are fantastic for all sorts of learning in the early years, including teaching symmetry. You can buy geoboards, or you can easily make them yourself using pieces of wood with screws inserted into them.
- Making Models. This is another really natural and simple activity, that children often bring an element of symmetry into already without any adult intervention.
- Mirror Books. These are one of my ultimate favorite resources! To make a mirror-book you simply need two thin mirrors that you tape together so that they form a right-angle.
Children start to learn about symmetry in Year 2, where they might be given the following shapes and asked to draw lines of symmetry on them. Often, it is a good idea for children to be given cut out shapes which they can fold in half, so that they can be really clear that one side is the same as the other:
- What’s Wrong with this Picture? The best way to get children to understand something is to make it relevant to their own lives. They are egocentric so they will connect with things that are about them.
- Discuss Symmetry. Use the face activity as a starting point for a discussion about symmetry. Introduce the word symmetry and explain that some things are symmetrical, which means that they are like a mirror image of each other.
- Symmetry in Pictures. Search for examples of symmetry in picture books or picture cards. Search online for images of symmetry in nature. A butterfly is always a good example of symmetry to show children as the patterns on the wings are a mirror image of each other.
- Symmetry in Nature. Go on a walk outside and search for real examples of symmetry. Look at leaves, branches, bricks, flowers and other objects. Discuss whether these items have an imaginary line dividing two matching halves.
I handed my son a cube and some rubber bands, and I asked him to use a rubber band to indicate the line of symmetry on the cube. He found the first line easily. But I challenged him to find more lines of symmetry on the cube. It took him a bit of time to find the diagonal lines of symmetry, but he did it. Then I handed him a cylinder and again ...
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Mar 27, 2015 · https://patreon.com/freeschool - Help support more content like this!Symmetry is all around us! It occurs regularly in nature and is used in art, design, and...
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