Tangram

The manipulative resources are another type of material that also foster the learning of the geometry. Today, we are going to speak about the game Tangram, which is formed by geometric shapes.

The original Chinese puzzle tangram is an old game composed of seven pieces; they are known with the name Tans: a square, a rhomboid, a parallelogram, and five triangles. The use of the tangram allows children to learn mathematics concepts at the time it fosters their creativity, concentration level, and their analytic skills, among other benefits (Regina, 2019).

It is a manipulative resource with a didactic application for teachers and students to the recognition of geometric shapes, composition and decomposition of shapes, development of the area notion, addition and subtraction. 

Moreover, it fosters creativity, and it is a motivational aspect to let the student create their own tangrams in the art class. Therefore, it could be one element to connect different subjects and work in an interdisciplinary way. 

We can find the game in a different format: as a board game, didactic material, online game, templates, own creation, etc.

In the following video, you can get an idea of the functioning of the game. It is also an interesting video to show for students. Maybe the reproduction of the video could be the introduction to the game and it could be the first step for the children. During the video, the spectators have enough time to think where to put the figures, which is ideal to start children in the visualization and mental movement of shapes.

References:

Regina, M. (2019). Educación 3.0. Retrieved from educación tres punto cero