Tangram is an ancient oriental puzzle made from figures obtained by cutting a square into 7 parts in a special way: 2 large triangles, one medium one, 2 small triangles, a square and a parallelogram. As a result of folding these parts together, flat figures are obtained, the contours of which resemble all kinds of objects, from humans, animals to tools and household items. These types of puzzles are often called "geometric puzzles", "cardboard puzzles" or "cut puzzles".
With a tangram, a child will learn to analyze images, identify 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
A tangram can be made from cardboard or paper by printing 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 image as...”.
It is possible without a template. We draw a diagonal in the square - we get 2 triangles. We cut one of them in half into 2 small triangles. Mark the middle on each side of the second large triangle. We cut off the middle triangle and other shapes using these marks. There are other options for how to draw a tangram, but when you cut it into pieces, they will be absolutely the same.
A more practical and durable tangram can be cut from a rigid office folder or a plastic DVD box. You can complicate your task a little by cutting out a tangram from pieces of different felt, stitching them along the edges, or even from plywood or wood.
How to play tangram
Each piece of the game must be made up of seven tangram parts, and they must not overlap.
The easiest option for preschool children 4-5 years old is to assemble figures according to the diagrams (answers) laid out into elements, like a mosaic. A little practice, and the child will learn to make figures according to the pattern-contour and even come up with his own figures according to the same principle.
Level one - download and print the color tangram, this will make it easier to navigate the diagram.
Schemes and figures of the tangram game
Recently, tangrams have been often used by designers. The most successful use of tangram is perhaps as furniture. There are tangram tables, transformable upholstered furniture, and cabinet furniture. All furniture built on the tangram principle is quite comfortable and functional. It can change 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 purchasing such furniture, along with instructions, the buyer is given several sheets with pictures on different topics that can be folded from these shelves.In the living room you can hang shelves in the shape of people, in the nursery you can put cats, hares and birds from the same shelves, and in the dining room or library - the drawing can be on a construction theme - houses, castles, temples.
Here is such a multifunctional tangram.
In this master class I will show you how to make an applique - a paper boat with your own hands with step-by-step photographs. This boat can be used to create cards or as a gift for dad and grandfather.
What would you like to be when you grow up? To this question, very often boys answer that they want to become a pilot, driver or sea captain. Unfortunately, life doesn't always work out the way you want. But no matter how fate turns out, you should always strive for your dream.
If your son is still small, but already dreams of sea voyages, then you can support him in this. You can start by making a small paper boat, which may be the first step towards making your child’s dream come true. The manufacturing process - how to make it in the form of an applique is shown in this master class.
How to make a paper boat applique with your own hands
To create such a craft, we prepared:
- square sheet of single-sided colored paper;
- black felt-tip pen.
First, our workpiece needs to be bent along diagonal lines.
Now we bend one of the corners (for convenience, we took the top one) towards the very center of the workpiece.
The same bent corner must be bent upward.
Finally, we make another fold of the same corner, but this time we bend it down.
We fold the blank of the future boat in half lengthwise.
All we have to do is form the side of our ship. To do this, you need to bend the bottom part upward at a slight angle. The width of this fold will determine the height of the side.
Now the fold needs to be straightened so that the colored paper is on the outside.
If necessary, the inner sides of the applique can be slightly secured with glue.
The final stage of our craft will be drawing portholes. We apply them using a black felt-tip pen.
Design lesson
Goals: Consolidation of design skills from geometric shapes, Consolidation of knowledge of geometric shapes, repetition of transport. Tasks: Development of attention, development of memory
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Design lesson
Topic: Water, air, rail, underground transport.
Laying out a ship from geometric shapes
Goals: Consolidating the ability to design from geometric shapes, consolidating knowledge of geometric shapes, repeating transport.
Tasks: Development of attention, development of memory
Equipment: The sample is different for each child, each child has his own set of geometric shapes made of paper, and each child has a sheet of cardboard, pictures of transport, a small ball.
Sample example:
Progress of the lesson:
(The teacher shows the children pictures with images different types transport and asks questions)
P: (Metro) Where does this transport go? Above ground or underground? Underground, that means it is underground (the teacher shows with a gesture how the subway runs underground). The metro is very convenient transport, the metro is driven by a driver.
(Electric train, train) Where does the transport go? On the rails. The rails are iron, which means transport is by rail.
What other transport is there? (ship) Where does the ship go? On water. That means he is aquatic.
(Airplane) Where does the airplane fly? By air. That means he is airborne.
(Trolleybus, bus, car) - where does it go? On the ground, that means he is ground-based.
(The teacher asks the children to say all the words - underground, railway, water, air, ground).
P: Today we will lay out a ship from geometric shapes. Let's remember what kind of ships there are? Freight, passenger, military.
(The teacher hands out samples of ships to the children and asks everyone to show what geometric shapes they see on the sample, how many are the same)
(Children complete the task)
P: Well done guys! (now the teacher asks each child, first rolls the ball towards him)
Name something that can fly?
D: Mosquito, plane, balloon...
P: Name what can roll
D: Ball, bicycle, pencil, log...
P: Tell me what can float?
D: Ship, man, fish...
P: Name something that can crawl?
D: Caterpillar, beetle, snake...
Zinaida Yusupovaa
Dear colleagues! I present to your attention our applique.
Target: Creation appliqués« Floats, the boat is sailing» .
Tasks:
Continue to teach children to perform simple tasks applications using geometric shapes;
Develop imagination, the ability to make assumptions;
Develop independence, accuracy and consistency in performing your work.
Materials and equipment: boat-ready template, tassels, oilcloths, stands for tassels according to the number of children; geometric figures, waves, according to the number of people, album sheets for the base, scissors according to the number of people.
Methods and techniques: an interesting moment, a literary word (a riddle or a short poem, a game technique (let’s make boat for that so that the pirates sail to treasure island, survey boat, verbal methods and techniques.
Publications on the topic:
"A boat is sailing along the river." Design from paper using the origami technique. Step-by-step master class. Goal: to introduce children to the art of origami.
Good evening, dear colleagues! I present to your attention an applique of circles and semicircles made together by children. Target.
Summary of the GCD “The boat floats, floats” Integrated continuous educational activity “Applique from woolen threads” on the topic: “The boat floats, floats...” Software.
Abstract of GCD on design for children of senior preschool age “A small boat sails on the waves” Program objectives: To foster interest in design, encourage children to create an object composition, supplement it with enriching details.
Summary of a lesson on the social world in the second junior group “A boat is sailing along the river” Program content: continue to encourage dialogue with adults, reasoning, speaking out proactively, and engaging in play.
Abstract of GCD on artistic creativity in the second junior group. Application of geometric shapes “Gzhel flower” Abstract of GCD on artistic creativity (application) Topic: “Gzhel Flower” 2 junior group Educator: Sermabrina L.F.
ECD on subject drawing for children with disabilities in the compensatory group “The boat is sailing”
GCD on subject drawing for children with disabilities in the group with a compensatory focus “The boat is sailing” Objectives: Educational: Teach children to create the image of a boat by imitation step by step. Introduce the concepts of “hull”, “mast”, “sail”. Specify.
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Target:
- teach how to apply;
- develop the perception of objects by color, shape, size, material, quality;
- cultivate neatness, accuracy of execution, aesthetic taste;
Lesson type: lesson consolidation
Methods and techniques: verbal (conversation, questions and answers), instruction (ongoing), practical method
Equipment: templates, technical drawing, glue stick, album sheets, napkins, board for applying glue
Vocabulary work: stern, sail, porthole, triangle, circle, rectangle.
During the classes
Topic: Application “Boat”.
Sample of the finished product
I. Introductory part
1. Organizational moment, preparation for the lesson.
Hello guys. Now we have a labor lesson. Let's check your readiness for the lesson. On your table are templates, a glue stick, a napkin, and a board for applying glue. (slide 2)
1. Introductory conversation.
Guys, do you like to travel? (Yes)
Let us go on a trip by sea on a boat to distant countries. I will be your captain, and you will be the sailors. (I put on a captain’s cap for myself and caps for the children) (slide 3.4)
But in order to go on a trip, we need a boat and we will make it using colored cardboard (show) and glue (show).
2. Sample demonstration.
A ship is one of the types of water transport. The first ships began to be built under Tsar Peter I. (slide 5)
Now let's look at our boat. What is it made of? (from geometric shapes)
What geometric shapes do you see? (circle, triangle, rectangle)
Rectangle, this is the aft part, what color? (of blue color)
Triangles, these are sails, what colors? (red, green)
Now I will show you how we will glue our boat in compliance with safety precautions when working with glue.
First, take a blue rectangle, this is our aft part, apply glue to the white side of the workpiece and glue it at the bottom of the sheet, remove excess glue with a napkin.
Take one of the small triangles and glue it on the side of the rectangle, then the second one on the other side.
Then we take a large green triangle, this is our sail, and glue it on top of the rectangle, next to it we glue a smaller red triangle. Don’t forget to remove excess glue with a napkin. (slide 7)
If you have time, stick the flag on yourself.
Gymnastics for fingers
Exercise “Ring”
- The tip of the thumb of the right hand alternately touches the tips of the index, middle, ring and little fingers.
- Perform the same exercise with the fingers of your left hand.
- Perform the same movements simultaneously with the fingers of your right and left hands. (slide 8)
3. Practical work of students.
Now let’s take the blanks and make a boat on the desk. We look at the sample and try to place the parts correctly. Well done. (slide 9)
Before we stick, let's stretch our fingers.
Gymnastics for the eyes
IP - sitting at the table
Close eyes. Rest 10-15 s. Open eyes. Repeat 2-3 times.
Movements of the eyeballs.
Eyes to the right - up
Eyes left - up
Eyes right - down
Eyes to the left - down.
Close your eyes. Rest 10-15 s.
Self-massage.
Rub your palms. Close your eyes, place your palms on your eyes, fingers together. Hold for 1 s. Palms on the table. Open eyes. (slide 10)
4. Independent work of students.
We move the folded boat to the side, take a landscape sheet and, just as we folded it on the desk, we will try to stick it on. (I’m posting a technical card with a rectangle pasted on)
Guys, show me which part of the boat you will stick on?
Ksyusha, Dasha, Ilnar paste onto the drawn outline. (I display the technical card: a rectangle, one of the small triangles on the side)
Show me, then what part will you stick on? (I display the technical card: a rectangle, one of the small triangles on the side, a small triangle on the other side) (slide 11)
Fizminutka
We are overcome by drowsiness,
Reluctant to move
Come on, do it with me
The exercise is like this:
Stretch up and down
Wake up completely.
They stood up together from behind their desks
And they walked on the spot,
They stretched on their toes,
And now we’ve bent forward,
Like springs, we sat down,
And then they sat down quietly. (slide 12)
(I display the technical card: a rectangle, one of the small triangles on the side, a small triangle on the other side, a large red triangle on top of the rectangle)
We have glued the stern part of the boat, show me which part of the boat we will glue next? (I display the technical card: a rectangle, one of the small triangles on the side, a small triangle on the other side, a large red triangle on top of the rectangle, a green triangle next to it)
5. Individual work with students.
During independent work students and Dasha work “hand in hand”.
Well done. Now let's add a flag.
III. Lesson summary
1. Assessing student work.
The works are exhibited randomly on the painted sea.
2. Exhibition of student works.
To the music (the sound of water) and a poem, an imitation of a sailing ship.
Ship.
Tarpaulin,
Rope in hand
I'm pulling the boat
Along a fast river.
And the frogs jump
On my heels,
And they ask me:
- Take it for a ride, captain! (slide 13)