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- Jennifer at A Glimpse of our Life - 29 August
- Kym at Homeschool Coffee Break - 5 September
- Nikki at Angels of Heart - 12 September
- Chareen over here - 19 September
This week Sir N and I have been playing with HexaFlexagon's.
A Flexagon is a flat geometric model constructed out of folding strips of paper to form a moveable/flexible shape. When flexed these shapes reveal different faces/facets of the shape produced. They were discovered by Arthur Stone in 1939.
Over at Aunt Annie's Crafts you can download and print either a patterned, numbered or blank template to colour in. She also has a step by step tutorial.
My nephews school sent home a pdf link to some instructions and templates you can find HERE.
I had a little trouble with folding it so I watched this video which is a step by step on making one from a piece of blank paper without a template.
For an over view and history of the Hexaflexagon is watch this clip. She speaks very fast but it's still interresting.
I have since found out that you can make a TriHexaFlexagon which is a lot easier.
We're having a lot of fun with these. Do you know of any other mathematical game puzzles along these lines that we could try ?
Blessings
Chareen
I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.
My son recently tried origami. I'll watch the video with him and check out the links so he can try this. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteJennifer. Some parts are not that clear. I used the video to clarify the step by step on the site I downloaded the template from
DeleteThank you so much, Chareen!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog! I saw your at meme discussed at TUAR and clicked over...so happy I did. What a great idea.....the virtual fridge! I grabbed your button for my sidebar too...
I have a couple of other links that I can come back to add next week...they are videos that my son made teaching how to shape balloons and make creatures.
I sub and followed...Looking fwd to getting to know you!
Peace and God bless
You are welcome Chris :) Welcome to my space. What is TUAR ?
DeleteI look forward to seeing your sons creations.
Take Up and Read..
DeleteWilla Ryan blogs there with another lovely lady whose name right now, as I rush to type and get out the door to an appt, escapes me! sorry. I saw a link to your site there.
God bless