Pattern
blocks are the favorite math manipulative of every child. It helps to teach
kids about shapes, patterns, fractions, Tessellations, and much more. Moreover, it engages children for hours as a
quite time activity.
Generally,
pattern blocks are made out of plastic or wood. But, I made my pattern blocks
using foam. All I needed were the templates, craft foam sheets and a pair of
scissors. It is very simple, cheap, and
won’t make any noise while playing. Real pattern blocks come in standard colors
– triangle-green, square-orange, rhombus-blue, thin rhombus-tan, trapezoid-red,
and hexagon-yellow. As I didn’t have blue and tan, I used violet for rhombus
and pink for thin rhombus.
You can download the pattern blocks templates from here and templates of pattern block mats
from here
Here
are some of the photos of my daughter’s creations.
RABBIT
CAMEL
BABY
GIRL
DOG
We both made few tessellations..
