There is one modification I make to them, to align them with Montessori principles: if they come with a set of design cards, I utilize any of the cards that show how the pieces form other pieces (this is akin to the constructive triangles material); and I remove all the cards that show designs.
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| The three cards on the right - we like those type for some self-guidance. The two cards on the right - I prefer the children to discover those patterns for themselves. |
Why? Because the children should use the pieces to create their own designs and discover for themselves the variety of "pictures" they can form. I find too many times over that providing the design cards, locks a child's mind into design mode and less on creative pattern discovery.
Toys in a Montessori Home - Lower Elementary
Tessellation Patterns in our Co-Op
Informative and interesting site about Tessellations: Tessellations.org
Some 3-dimensional "tessellations" - the power of 2 in elementary and the power of 3 in adolescent mathematics.
Fractals extensions totally work off of here too!
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