I have noticed that tangrams don't get much love in maths classrooms. They are seen as trivial and used for end of term activities. I believe there is so much more to explore.
There are lots of places in our curriculum where students need to be able to dissect shapes in different ways.
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| Area of a Trapezium |
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| Interior Angles of a Polygon |
If we let children explore different ways of combining shapes, would this help them to find different ways of dividing up shapes later on?
My favourite prompts for tangrams include:
- What shapes can you make with 2 triangles?
- What shapes can you make with 3 triangles?
- How many ways can you make a square?
- What quadrilaterals can't you make with tangram pieces?
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