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Bunte Reihe von Tangram Spiel Icons gemacht mit Geometrie Formen...

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Tangram Puzzle Herz

Geschäftsmann Gebäude Tangram Square Block

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Cover Design Vorlage - geometrische Minimalismus Sammlung

Tangram Puzzle Schmetterling

Bedruckbares Tangram, Puzzlespiel. Set von Formen für Kinder...

Tangram, Puzzlespiel. Satz von Formen für Kinderaktivitäten, die helfen, geometrische Formen zu lernen. Tiere, Vögel, Fische und Menschen aus Dreiecken, Quadrat und Parallelogramm. Vektor

Tangram-puzzle

Tangram Puzzle Verwendung für Bildung und kreatives Konzept

Puzzlespiel Leaf. Schemas mit unterschiedlichen Objekten.

Tangram Tier Set

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Tangram. Traditionelles chinesisches Trennungsrätsel, sieben...

Tangram. Traditionelles chinesisches Sezierpuzzle, sieben Fliesenteile - geometrische Formen: Dreiecke, quadratische Raute, Parallelogramm. Brettspiel für Kinder, das hilft, analytische Fähigkeiten zu entwickeln.

Großbuchstabe E Farbe Alphabet in weißem Hintergrund

Geschäftsmann bauen Tangram quadratischer block

Geschäftsmanns Hand beim Bau eines Tangram-Quadratblocks mit menschlichen Figuren

Tangram Puzzle Segelboot

Die Hände der Person, die das Tangram-Puzzle abschließen

Geschäftsmannshände bauen Tangram-Quadratblock mit menschlichen Figuren

Bunte Tangram auf weißem Hintergrund

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Tangram Objekt Set

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Tangram Puzzle House

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Die Hand der Person, die das Tangram-Puzzle abschließt

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Geometrische Vektor-Cover-Vorlage (geeignet für Anzeigen, Editorials oder Posterdesign), basierend auf Dreiecken und einem 45-Grad-Raster in Rot, Rosa und Grün; einschließlich Platz zum Kopieren von Text.

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Blume aus Formen

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Tangram Puzzlespiel Schemas mit verschiedenen Objekten

Tangram Puzzle-Spiel. Schemas mit unterschiedlichen Objekten. Vektor-Illustration

Tangram Puzzle Fragezeichen Symbol

Farbe Tangram Puzzle in quadratischer Form auf weißem Hintergrund

Trendige Broschüre Vorlage

Tangram-Häuser. Geometrische Rätsel aus Dreiecken bilden...

Kleines Mädchen, das mit ihrer Großmutter am Esstisch in der Küche

Tangram Puzzlespiel Schemata mit verschiedenen Objekten

Geometrisches Design für Autismus Welttag mit Tangram Puzzle...

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Tangram Menschen einstellen/009

Miniatur Haus Puzzleteile Und Tangram

Farbige hölzerne Blume auf weißen hölzernen Backhround.

Tangram das kreative Kunst von bunten Tier Formen

Farbe-Tangram in Form auf Whtie Hintergrund (Vektor)

Tangram Menschen-Icon/001

Farbe Tangram Puzzle in Ochsen-, Büffel- oder Stierform auf weißem

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Tangram Puzzle Kerze auf weißem Hintergrund

Farbe Holz Tangram Puzzle in quadratischer Form auf weißem...

Base schwarze Quadrat Tangramsteine Vektor-illustration

Bildung Infografik design mit bunten tangram

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Educational tips and a printable template

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Tangrams for kids: A learning tool for building STEM skills

Like building blocks, tangrams can teach kids about spatial relationships. They may help kids learn geometric terms, and develop stronger problem solving abilities. They might even help children perform better on tests of basic arithmetic. But what is a tangram?

Invented in China approximately 200 years ago, a tangram is a two-dimensional re-arrangement puzzle created by cutting a square into seven pieces — seven geometric shapes called “tans” (Slocum et al 2003).

What are the seven shapes in a tangram? Each tangram puzzle contains the following:

• 2 large right triangles
• 1 medium-sized right triangle
• 2 small right triangles
• 1 small square
• 1 parallelogram

Arranged correctly, these tangram shapes can be fitted together as a large square, rectangle, or triangle. They can also be arranged in a variety of complex shapes, including fanciful ones.

There are many ways to play with tangrams. The simplest way is to let kids create their own complex shapes. But traditionally, tangrams are treated as puzzles.

The player is shown a target shape in outline, so that the “seams” between the composite tans are concealed. Then the player attempts to recreate the shape using the seven pieces.

In essence, it’s an exercise similar to structured block play, where the challenge is to create an exact copy of a structure depicted in a diagram. But there’s a key difference.

In structured block play, the diagram provides you with explicit, visual information about where each piece goes. In a tangram puzzle, you’re left to figure that our for yourself.

As noted by Zhen Yuan and his colleagues, solving tangram puzzles appears to activate parts of the brain associated with creative thinking and trial-and-error problem-solving (Hu et al 2019).

The educational benefits of tangrams

When we play with tans, we consider the shapes from a variety of angles and perspectives. How would the shapes look if we stuck them together? Rotated them? Slide them around into different positions?

Experiments suggest that thinking about such things — visualizing the spatial relationships between shapes in your “mind’s eye” — can boost our visual-spatial skills.

Research hints that it can boost arithmetic performance, too. When Yi Ling Cheng and Kelly Mix asked kids, aged 6-8, to perform a series of tangram-like spatial tasks, the practice session seemed to prime the brain for mathematics.

Kids who spent 40 minutes solving shape rotation puzzles performed better on a pencil-and-paper arithmetic test immediately thereafter. Compared to tangram-like activities, crossword puzzle warm-ups had no such effect (Cheng and Mix 2012).

So there is reason to suspect that playing with tangrams has educational benefits, and many educators recommended their use in the classroom (Bohning and Althouse 1997; Krieger 1991; National Council of Teacher’s Mathematics 2003; Clements and Sarama 2014).

In particular, these teachers argue that playing with tangrams may help kids

• classify shapes
• develop positive feelings about geometry
• gain a stronger grasp of spatial relationships
• develop an understanding of how geometric shapes can be decomposed
• hone spatial rotation skills
• acquire a precise vocabulary for manipulating shapes (e.g., “flip,” “rotate”)
• learn the meaning of congruence

In addition, researchers have argued that tangram play can be an opportunity for kids move away from simplistic (and incorrect) ideas about shapes. Young children, for example, might struggle to explain what features are necessary for a shape to be a square. With guided questioning, a teacher can help kids determine why some attempts to make a square with tangrams are unsuccessful (Nic Mhuirí and Kelly 2021).

Children can also learn new vocabulary to describe the shapes they assemble (e.g., rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon). And Tom Scovo demonstrates how tangrams can help kids calculate areas without formulas. For the details, see his excellent activities using tangrams for kids in grades 4-6.

What about free play with tangrams? That’s good, too. But take note: Kids probably stand to learn much more if their play includes discussion and teamwork. 

Indeed, studies indicate that spatial play — like playing with tangrams — is particularly educational when kids interact with others who use spatial vocabulary.

For example, toddlers tend to develop bigger spatial vocabularies if, during play, their parents expose them to a greater range of spatial words, like “triangle” and “line.” As I explain elsewhere, such kids are also more likely to develop stronger spatial skills.

So it’s likely we can boost the value of tangrams by actively engaging kids in conversation. We can introduce them to words they might not know, like “angle” and “parallelogram.”

It’s also likely that kids will benefit from being asked to make predictions and explain tactics.  

Research suggests that kids are more likely to master concepts when they explain them to others. What will happen if you rotate the triangle? What will happen if you flip the parallelogram? How must we move this shape in order to make it fit?

If we can get children to explain their ideas, we may help them improve their spatial skills and comprehension of geometry (Lee et al 2009; Clements and Sarama 2014).

So while kids may benefit from solitary play with tangrams, some of the best educational experiences may arise from playing with a (talkative) partner. 

Any other teaching tips?

Tangrams offer kids an excellent opportunity to test out different geometric manipulations, and become familiar with the properties of the shapes they use.

But notice the triangles– big, medium, and small — are all the same shape. They represent a special kind of right triangle — an isosceles triangle with two 45-degree angles, and one 90-degree angle. And if you put together two triangles of the same size, you can make a square.

These properties aren’t found in all triangles. On the contrary! But it’s easy for children to come to that conclusion if they don’t get exposed to a variety of triangles — equilateral, isosceles, and scalene. So it’s important to expose kids to that variety, and call their attention to the ways in which triangles can differ (Clement and Sarama 2014). 

Getting started: How to make a tangram

You can make your own tangrams by following the instructions on Tom Scovo’s site, or by printing and cutting out the tangram shapes below.

If you right-click on the image here, you can save it on your computer for printing. Alternatively, after right-clicking, you can open the image in a new tab, and use your browser’s print function.

Looking for more durable tangrams? You can buy some. Classic Tangoes includes two plastic tangram sets and a deck of puzzle cards. But the corners are a bit sharp. You can also find tangrams made from other materials, such as wood, foam, and thick cardboard.

Tangrams for young children

My favorite introduction to tangrams for younger kids is the book Three pigs, one wolf, seven magic shapes by Grace Maccarone. Unfortunately, it’s out of print, but you might be able to pick up a copy used. It includes story (based on the folk tale of the three little pigs), a teaching guide, a set of tangrams to cut out, and some activities created by a math teacher. Although the publisher recommended this book for kids in grades 1-2, the book can be enjoyed by preschoolers.

For another, fanciful story featuring tangrams, see Grandfather Tang’s Story (Dragonfly Books).

Virtual tangrams for kids

You might wonder if computer games are as educational as playing with real, physical tangrams. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) recommends both.

According to the NCTM, computer games may offer special benefits because “the computer environment is likely to encourage [kids] to think about how they need to manipulate the tangram pieces rather than approach the task mainly by trial and error. ”

Read more and try out this online game by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Ideas for tangram activities

The classic approaches are either (1) to present kids with images of target shapes (and have them attempt to reproduce those shapes with their tangrams), or (2) to encourage kids to be creative, and come up with shapes of their own.

But there are additional games and activities to try as well. You can choose a theme (like “fish” “spaceships” or “houses”) and see how many different examples of each type kids can come up with. For instance, how could challenge kids to create a series of cats.

More to read about the development of STEM skills

Interested in learning more about activities that boost STEM skills? In this article I recommend a number of STEM books and learning resources for kids, including some free ones.

In addition, to read about the many benefits of construction play, see my article, “The benefits of toy blocks. ” If you’re specifically interested in structured block play, check out my article, “Can Lego bricks and other construction toys boost your child’s STEM skills?”

And for more information about the development of spatial reasoning in children, see these Parenting Science articles:

• Spatial intelligence: What is it, and how can we enhance it?

• Improving spatial skills in children and teens: 12 evidence-based tips

References: Tangrams for kids

Bohning G and Althouse JK. 1997. Using tangrams to teach geometry to young children. Early childhood education journal. 24(4): 239-242.

Cheng Y-L and Mix KS. 2012. Spatial training improves children’s mathematics ability. Journal of Cognition and Development. Published online DOI:10.1080/15248372.2012.725186.

Clements D and Sarama J. 2014. Learning and teaching early math: The learning trajectories approach. New York, NY: Routledge.

Hu Z, Lam KF, Yuan Z. 2019. Effective Connectivity of the Fronto-Parietal Network during the Tangram Task in a Natural Environment. Neuroscience. 422:202-211.

Kriegler S. 1991. The Tangram: It’s More than an Ancient Puzzle. Arithmetic Teacher 38(9) 38-43.

Lee J, Lee JO, and Collins C. 2009. Enhancing children’s spatial sense using tangrams. Childhood Education 86(2):92-94.

National Council of Teacher’s Mathematics. 2003. Developing geometry understandings and spatial skills through puzzlelike problems with tangrams: Tangram challenges. www.nctm.org.

Nic Mhuirí S and Kelly D. 2021. Making squares: children’s responses to a tangram task. In: Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8), 15-16 Oct 2021, Dublin, Ireland (Online).

Slocum J, Botermans J, Gebhardt D, Ma M, Ma X, Raizer H, Sonnevald D, and Van Splunteren C. 2003. Tangrams: The world’s first puzzle craze. Sterling: New York.

Title image of child’s hand’s manipulating tangrams by Gwen Dewar

Line drawings of triangles and tangrams by Parenting Science

Image of many different tangram cats by Sveta_Aho / istock

Content of “Tangrams for kids” last modified 9/2022. Portions of the text derive from an earlier version of the article, written by the same author.

Tangram

2. Tangram is a puzzle that is a square cut into 7 pieces in a certain way. For preschoolers, the tangram is a great lesson to prepare for school. And at the age of 5-6 years, children love to play very much. They are interested in puzzles with pictures.

   The goal of the game is to collect figures of people, animals, birds, numbers, objects from tangram parts ...

   Tangram Rules:

   • All seven parts must be included in the completed piece.
   • Parts must not overlap.
   • Parts must be adjacent to each other.

   Tangram scheme

   ( you can print in Word, download file by clicking on the mouse)

   Parts of Tangram

   This is tanogram itself, from its parts they receive invented pictures. You can buy it, but it's easy to do it yourself using the construction scheme. The drawing can be printed on colored paper on a printer or drawn independently using a ruler. Cut out puzzle pieces from colored paper. Then, laying out the desired figure, glue it on a dense sheet.

   An example of a dog scheme - made by 1st grade students for a lesson in mathematics and technology.

   The tangram game for children can be in several levels of difficulty. It is better to start with the simplest - lay out the figure according to the model.

   Scheme - rocket

   This is how you can make a house out of a tangram.

   At the second stage, you can invite the children to lay out the figures in a solid pattern.

   And the third level, the most difficult: come up with your own figures that look like people, animals, birds. We offer pictures invented by children.

   Tangram scheme - fox

   Hare and camel

   Scheme - person

   Figures - Fish

   Print the Tangram of Zhivnitny.
   (fox, cat, hare, camel, horse, dog)

   (Clicking on the image will download a Word document file in docx format, which can be printed using Word)

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   (Clicking on the image will download a Word document file in docx format, which can be printed using Word)

   There are various legends about the appearance of the tangram. Here is one of them…

   Almost two and a half thousand years ago, a long-awaited son and heir was born to an elderly emperor of China. Years passed. The boy grew up healthy and quick-witted beyond his years. One thing bothered the old emperor: his son, the future ruler of a vast country, did not want to study. It gave the boy more pleasure to play with toys all day long.

   The emperor summoned three wise men, one of whom was known as a mathematician, another became famous as an artist, and the third was a famous philosopher, and ordered them to come up with a game, while having fun, his son would comprehend the principles of mathematics, learn to look at the world around him with close eyes. through the eyes of an artist, would become patient, like a true philosopher, and would understand that often complex things are made up of simple things.

   Three wise men invented "Shi-Chao-Chu" - a square cut into seven parts.

   Many figures can be obtained from tangram parts. You can invite the child to make, for example, a transport - a boat, an airplane, figurines - swordsmen, a rooster, a pelican, a tree, a candle.

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   - tangram figures - diagrams, drawings for children

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   For the development of spatial representations of children, constructive thinking, logic, imagination and ingenuity, geometric puzzle games are very useful. One such game is the ancient Chinese game Tangram.

   Photo © Algodoo

   What is the mystery behind this game?

   Game origin

   The game was born in China over 3000 years ago. Although the word "Tangram" was coined a little over a century ago in North America, the Chinese game was known as the "board of seven figures of wisdom."

   According to one legend, the Great Dragon, who lived among people, entered into battle with the God of Thunder. And the God of Thunder cut the sky with an ax into 7 parts that fell to the ground. The pieces were so black that they swallowed up all the light on earth, thus destroying the forms of all objects. The dragon, saddened by such a tragedy, took these seven parts and began to build various forms and creatures, starting with man, animals and plants.

   Another legend tells of a monk who instructed his disciples to travel by painting the variety of beauty of the world on ceramic tiles. But one day the tile fell and broke into 7 pieces. The students tried for seven days to assemble the tiles into a square, but to no avail. And then they decided: the beauty and diversity of the world can be made up of these seven parts.

   What is a game like?

   The puzzle consists of seven geometric shapes by cutting a square:

   2 large right triangles

   1 medium right triangle

   2 small right triangles

   1 square

   1 parallelogram

   Each of these parts is called a Tang (Chinese for "piece").

   A variety of situations are laid out from these figures. The game has 1600 solutions, which include a wide variety of animals and humans, objects and geometric shapes.

   As with other puzzles, the tangram can be completed alone, or you can compete with other players.

   How to play Tangram?

   Draw a square on the cardboard and divide it into parts. It is better to use double-sided colored cardboard. If this is not available, take ordinary colored cardboard, glue it on the wrong side and cut out the shapes. So the details will be more dense. Make several of these sets in different colors.

   
   
   

   First, ask your child to make a square out of these pieces again. It is better if the child copes with the task without looking at the drawing of the square. But if it does not work, you can use the sample.

   Laying out figures, it is easier for a child to use patterns with traced components. Contour patterns are more difficult to reproduce.

   Note

   Tangram can be cut from a sheet of soft magnet (magnetic tape). An excellent option would be to take sheets of different colors. Then it will be possible to collect tangrams directly on the refrigerator.

   The following rules must be observed when playing

   1. all seven figures are used in drawing;
   2. figures must be in the same plane, i.e. should not overlap each other, be located on top of other parts;
   3. all parts must be contiguous, i.e. have a point of contact with other parts.

   Real drawings of those objects, the silhouette image of which is created using the puzzle game, are very useful. In this case, it will be easier for the child to imagine the depicted object and, perhaps, to make up his own version. Such classes are very useful in preparing children for schooling.

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   Schematic source: walls360.com

   Tangram is a famous puzzle that came to us from ancient China. The essence of this oriental game is to build a new figure, indicated by a contour, on a plane from 7 simple geometric figures. It can be a variety of silhouettes: people, animals, vehicles, household items, plants, toys, and even numbers and letters. Basic rule: you must use all the elements of the tangram and never overlap them.

   Educational puzzle

   Preschool Tangram Promotes Development:

   attention;

   understanding color, size and shape,

   abstract and spatial thinking;

   imagination;

   logical thinking;

   combinatorial abilities.

   Do-it-yourself tangram for preschoolers

   Tangram puzzle for preschoolers can be purchased at the store, or you can make it yourself at home. To make tangrams, take a thick cardboard, draw a square on it. Then line it so that the following shapes are obtained: 5 triangles (2 large, 1 medium and 2 small), a square and a parallelogram - 7 shapes in total. You can use the template below.

   Cut the resulting square along the drawn lines. For activities with very young children (3-5 years old), it is better to color each of the 7 shapes in a specific color. So it will be easier for the child to perceive shapes and easier to make new shapes.

   Tangram patterns for children: from simple to complex

   At the initial stage of playing tangram, it is better for preschoolers not to give difficult tasks - the child needs time to figure out the essence of the puzzle. And if his first experience turns out to be unsuccessful (due to the complexity of the task and misunderstanding), he will certainly lose interest in the game. So take your time.

   First look at the figures together, make something elementary. Start composing yourself, and then ask your child to help you: name colors, etc. Children can invent their own figures, including fantastic ones. The main thing is that the child clearly understands what exactly he is constructing, and at the same time uses all 7 figures.

   At the second stage of training, already , you can begin to draw figures according to color schemes. This may seem like an easy task to some, but for a three-year-old child, choosing a figure by color and shape is not so easy. You can use the following tangram patterns for kids.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Children 5-7 years old can already be offered silhouette tangram patterns and one-color puzzle elements.

   
   

   
   

   When offering tangrams to preschoolers, always start with the simplest figures, gradually increasing the complexity. It is important to consider the age and individual characteristics of the child.

   An interesting idea to implement - magnetic tangram. It can be made from a large square fridge magnet by cutting it into pieces and pasting them over with colored paper.

   
   

   Hang one or two sets of puzzles and a set on the refrigerator, and daily exercises to develop imagination your kids will be provided.

   The theme of cats is not over yet. I bring to your attention the game tangram "Cats". Tangram (from the Chinese "seven boards of skill") is a puzzle consisting of seven flat figures that are folded in a certain way to get another, more complex one - we have cats. When solving the puzzle, two conditions must be met: first, all seven tangram figures must be used, and second, the figures must not overlap.

   With a tangram, a child will learn to analyze images, highlight geometric shapes in them, learn to visually break an entire object into parts, and vice versa - to compose a given model from elements, and most importantly - to think logically.

   This game has different levels of difficulty that can be used with children of different ages.

   1. Compilation of figures by superposition on the tangram scheme. The child is given a diagram of a tangram figure, he must put all the elements of the tangram on it.
   

   2. Making figures according to the model. The child is given a tangram scheme, but he must already fold the figure from the elements next to it on the table.
   

   3. Compilation of figures according to the contour image. The child must fold the tangram figure along its contour.
   

   4. Compilation of figures according to one's own design. At this stage, the child independently comes up with figures for drawing up, which develops the imagination very well.

   Tangram - an old oriental puzzle of figures obtained by cutting a square into 7 parts in a special way: 2 large triangles, one medium, 2 small triangles, a square and a parallelogram. As a result of folding these parts with each other, flat figures are obtained, the contours of which resemble all kinds of objects, ranging from humans, animals and ending with tools and household items. These types of puzzles are often referred to as "geometric construction sets", "cardboard puzzles" or "cut puzzles".

   With a tangram, a child will learn to analyze images, highlight geometric shapes in them, learn to visually break an entire object into parts, and vice versa - to compose a given model from elements, and most importantly - to think logically.

   How to make a tangram

   Tangram can be made from cardboard or paper by printing out a template and cutting along the lines. You can download and print the tangram square diagram by clicking on the picture and selecting "print" or "save picture as...".

   Available without template. We draw a diagonal in a square - we get 2 triangles. Cut one of them in half into 2 small triangles. We mark the middle on each side of the second large triangle. We cut off the middle triangle and the rest of the figures at these marks. There are other options for how to draw a tangram, but when you cut it into pieces, they will be exactly the same.

   A more practical and durable tangram can be cut from a hard office folder or a plastic DVD box. You can complicate your task a little by cutting out tangrams from pieces of different felt, overcasting them around the edges, or even from plywood or wood.

   How to play tangram

   Each figure of the game must be composed of seven parts of the tangram, and at the same time they must not overlap.

   The easiest option for preschool children 4-5 years old is to assemble figures according to diagrams (answers) drawn into elements, like a mosaic. A little practice, and the child will learn to make figures according to the contour pattern and even invent his own figures according to the same principle.

   Diagrams and figures of the game tangram

   Recently tangram is often used by designers. The most successful use of tangram, perhaps, as furniture. There are tangram tables, and transformable upholstered furniture, and cabinet furniture. All furniture, built on the principle of tangram, is quite comfortable and functional. It can be modified depending on the mood and desire of the owner. How many different options and combinations can be made from triangular, square and quadrangular shelves. When buying such furniture, along with instructions, the buyer is given several sheets with pictures on various topics that can be folded from these shelves. In the living room you can hang shelves in the form of people, in the nursery you can put cats, hares and birds out of the same shelves, and in the dining room or library - the drawing can be on a construction theme - houses, castles, temples.

   This is such a multifunctional tangram.

   Tangram game (Chinese "seven boards of skill" Wikipedia) - a puzzle consisting of seven flat figures that are folded in a certain way to get another, more complex figure (depicting a person, animal, household item, letter or number, etc. ). d.).

   Both adults and children are now passionate about puzzle games. Puzzle game - tangram helps to develop logical thinking, geometric intuition, stimulates various thought processes - comparison, generalization, sequencing, determining the relationship "whole" - "part". All these skills are necessary for the full development of the brain activity of children.

   This puzzle game is very easy to make. A square of 8 x 8 cm can be cut out of various materials: cardboard, plastic. The square is cut into 7 pieces. The result is 2 large, 1 medium and 2 small triangles, a square and a parallelogram. It is necessary that the parts are the same color on both sides.

   The figure to be obtained, in this case, it is usually specified as a silhouette or external contour. When solving the puzzle, two conditions must be met: first, all seven tangram figures must be used, and second, the figures must not overlap.

   For classes with young children, as a rule, schemes are used to superimpose tangram figures. Here we want to tell you how we did it with the help of material .

   Educational leaflets with tangram schemes in this set are presented in 2 versions: in color and contour. In addition, on each piece of paper there is a poem about a number and a task for fine motor skills - shading the outline of the number. Also in the set is a scheme of a multi-colored tangram for self-production with instructions.

   Color schemes for classes with small children - from 2 years old. And since we are already 3.5 years old, we have printed out and use only tangram contour schemes.

   Tangram patterns for children

   We used this tangram pattern, printed it on thick paper, folded it and glued it, and then cut the tangram square into pieces.

   To download this tangram pattern for yourself, just click on the image with the right mouse button and click "Save Image As".

   As a result, we have such a two-sided colored tangram.

   Tangram patterns for children

   Then we started to work with patterns for tangrams - numbers.

   

   There is a piece of paper in front of the child, I read a rhyme to him, then he begins to shade the outline of the number.

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   After the contour of the figure is ready, he starts laying out the figure from the parts of the tangram.

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Then we move on to the next digit, read a poem about the number 1, shade the outline of the digit and move on to the tangram.

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   Schemes - numbers for tangrams for children

   So sequentially we laid out all the numbers from 0 to 9, and then moved on to the leaflets with .

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