We'd always put the square on top of the skinny diamond and then press down really hard on the one side launching the square across the room. It was AWESOME
I never realized until now how effective of a teaching tool these are. What simpler way to demonstrate to children the human ability to recognize patterns?
During indoor recess, fights would arise between girls (AND boys) over the number of pieces one would have.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:48 on February 7, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
oh god the mandalas i would make.
it was like bhuddist sand art for me.
symmetry in wood
yet by the end of recess,
gone like the noon rain
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:57 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
My best friend in second grade and I would play with those during our recess. We would pretend that we had a restaurant, and we made stacks of blocks to make hamburgers.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:29:06 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
How many people had teachers who said something like this.
"Kids, stop playing with your tangrams and look up here."
Neverend3r ยท 35 points ยท Posted at 17:52:51 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Tangrams!
Lil_Esler ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:05:01 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, yeah....Dem tangrams.
rathat ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:54:21 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I may be wrong but I thought tanagrams were only a few shapes that make a square, and the point is you have limited shapes to make something with.
OneWonderfulFish ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:38:08 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
tangrams (no extra a) are a set of seven different shapes that come together to make a whole lot of different shapes. So yeah, you're mostly right. :)
Bfeezey ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 20:45:36 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Where's all the yellow octagons?
[deleted] ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 18:13:00 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I had no memory of these until I saw this picture. Amazing!
theredcheck ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 18:00:13 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
We'd always put the square on top of the skinny diamond and then press down really hard on the one side launching the square across the room. It was AWESOME
SquishyMon ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 09:09:03 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I used to arrange those under the yellow hexagons to make functioning facsimiles of the asterons from sonic 2 http://www.soniczone0.com/games/sonic2/metropolis/s2-mz-structureimg1.png
cometparty ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 18:28:19 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Oh wow, I nostalged pretty hard at this.
๐๏ธ giana24 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:37:47 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
The hexagons are still yellow, he put two trapezoids together to make a Hexagon :)
YepYepYouBet ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:42:41 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
My first thought when I saw the picture: where are the yellow hexagons?? :)
Redskull673 ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 18:57:22 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
the octogons were yellow back in my day
olithraz ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 19:30:19 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I used to take them all and put them in the corner saying I was making a beehive... I'm not very creative
Efferat ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:57:01 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Biggest use: building spaceships
clairvoyantone ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 16:54:59 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I remember learning fractions with these
Blwood13 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:36:42 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Man, I used those in college in my math methods class for teaching. Love those things.
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:11:24 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I downloaded a tangram app not too long ago and blew through all the puzzles in a week and a half. Ahh, I love these things.
Izdabye ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 16:04:27 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Which app? Sounds like fun!
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:40:04 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I deleted it after I cleared all the levels, just search for tangram and whichever has the highest rating
hippiekyle ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:39:26 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I love these things! I never used them in school, but I had a set to play with at home.
restaurantstylechips ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:06:05 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
We sure do! Hooray for math manipulatives!
๐๏ธ giana24 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:28:16 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I teach elementary school. :)
Catacronik ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 00:23:11 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I never realized until now how effective of a teaching tool these are. What simpler way to demonstrate to children the human ability to recognize patterns?
kinkpants ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:11:48 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Easiest math day ever... hardest art day ever.
LMStassy ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:50:13 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
This may sound weird but I used to love rubbing these things together. They made a cool, rubby, plasticy noise. Idk. Kids do weird things.
mzpipebomb ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:35:31 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
my favorite toy....EVER!
infjeff ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:59:03 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I used to love these. All of my creations had to be symmetrical though, or else my 2nd grade OCD would kick in.
Matimoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:48 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Oh man, I loved these :D
Generic_name13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:22:25 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I just bought some for my 3yo & she loves them. Also, my favorite math center activity to run in my kinder class.
slow56k ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:29:23 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I just visited the Crystal Bridges museum and spent way too long in the kids section with these!
aggieboy12 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:13:35 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
The best part of my second grade year. So much that you could do with only a few pieces.
Lnzy1 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:19:23 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I would arrange mine to look like a swan.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:52:31 on February 3, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Tell me I'm not the only one who used all the rhombuses to make some cool ass fighter jet thing
companioncube4ever ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:40:45 on February 7, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
During indoor recess, fights would arise between girls (AND boys) over the number of pieces one would have.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:04:48 on February 7, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
oh god the mandalas i would make.
it was like bhuddist sand art for me.
symmetry in wood
yet by the end of recess,
gone like the noon rain
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:38:57 on January 26, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
My best friend in second grade and I would play with those during our recess. We would pretend that we had a restaurant, and we made stacks of blocks to make hamburgers.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:29:06 on January 27, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
How many people had teachers who said something like this.
"Kids, stop playing with your tangrams and look up here."