![]() I felt that I needed to do the cutting so that the shape would be as precise as possible, but the 5-year-old insisted on helping me. I used 3 parallelograms and one equilateral triangle to make this: I traced it, then I started cutting out a lot of them in many different colors. I created a shape that could tessellate in what I thought would be an interesting way. You’ll need some time and patience for this. Create your own simple tessellation pictures with your kids.(By the way, these soft pattern blocks are an awesome gift to give to kids who aren’t likely to try to eat them.) Remember those soft pattern blocks that we used in the tub? Use them again to make tiling patterns during tubby time…but this time call them tessellations. Tessellate in the tub! This is a great idea because your kid has got to get into the tub at some point, right? Right.If you don’t have the time or inclination to get crafty with your kids, you can simply point out patterns and introduce the world “tessellation.” I mean, really, isn’t it a cool word? Say it! Sing it! Turn it into slam poetry! You can find tessellations in any kind of tiling pattern. Point them out around your house and around town.Despite that, I am very pleased with the creativity the students had with their shapes.So how to do tessellations with your kids? Here are some ideas: When demonstrating the steps to create their tessellation template, I would stress more on drawing their line deeper into their square rather than keeping their line close to the edge of the square. There isn't much I would change in the lesson itself, but I found that many of the students were very conservative when drawing their lines which resulted in a less interesting shape. What I would do differently if I taught this lesson again: Give the lesson a try and leave in comments what you think. This is such a fun art project, and I like how unpredictable and unlimited the outcome is. (my example of the rotating tessellation) (My example using the above step by step process) ![]() One like the steps above and the other called rotating tessellations (for the 6th - 7th grade students) I did a couple examples for my students using two types of tessellations. Be creative and design and color your shapes. Continue to slide and trace your shape up, down, left, right until you completely fill the page.ħ. After tracing, slide your shape to the right and trace. Begin tracing your shape onto a separate sheet of paper. At this point you can examine your shape to see what you think it looks like or you can wait until after the next step.Ħ. Cut the second line you drew from the side corner to corner making sure to only cut from corner to corner and slide it to the opposite side like you did in step 3.ĥ. So if you cut the top side then you will slide it to the bottom of the square and tape in place.Ĥ. Cut the first line you drew making sure to cut only from corner to corner and slide to the opposite side. Draw another organic line from corner to corner on either the right or left side of the square.ģ. Using a square ( I cut a 3"x3" for the size of paper we were using, but you can go bigger) draw an organic line on either the top or bottom from corner to top corner.Ģ. I decided that tessellations would be a fun lessons for my art students while also challenging them because in the least, it requires a bit of precision and imagination.ġ. (Click here to read more about MC Escher) ![]() In fact, MC Escher (1898 - 1972) is the artist that comes to mind when I think of tessellations, and he was inspired by the geometric patterns of the Moorish tiles. Tessellations in its own right is like a puzzle, where all the pieces fit tightly together leaving no gaps.think of mosaic tiles. Needless to say, she wasn't the only one that would give into the temptation to spend time scouring the pieces to find a few that could be put in place. Tesselations | Art Lesson | Beverly Gurganus Fine Artĭo you like a good puzzle? When I was little my mother would have the pieces of a large puzzle stretched out on her dining room table so that when she passed by she could stop and put a few pieces together. ![]()
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