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Dodecahedron in nature – pomegranate seeds

October 15, 2014 By Lisa

pomegranate treasure

Filed Under: children's activity, fruit and veg, geometry, nature study, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, 9+ years, dodecahedron, finding shapes, number 12, observation, pentagon, rhombic

Geometry in Food

July 5, 2013 By Lisa

apple star

Veg chopping can be so dull , don’t you think? This might brighten it up a bit. This is part of the Shape Hunting series. This can just be done while you are preparing dinner. It doesn’t have to be a lesson as such. If you want to make it into a lesson on kids […]

Filed Under: children's activity, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 4-8 years, pentagon, star, triangle

shape hunting

April 17, 2013 By Lisa

star in daffodil

We’re going on a shape hunt! Once you start its easy to see the natural shapes that occur all around us. This is a beginners exercise to see how many you can find  We started by familiarizing ourselves with some shapes by painting onto stones so we knew what we were looking for. Then we […]

Filed Under: children's activity, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 4-8 years, pentagon, star, triangle

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