{"id":4058,"date":"2015-11-26T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:32","slug":"exploring-symmetry-with-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/exploring-symmetry-with-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Symmetry with Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
Getting hands on with an activity at home, is a great way to support your child when they are learning new concepts in school. My 8 year old son has been learning about symmetry during his maths lessons, so we decided to explore symmetry in one of our after school art projects to help reinforce what he has been learning.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Our final topic of the year from the 2nd Grade Blogging Team <\/a>is Gratitude. As we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving <\/a>over here in Ireland, we are sharing an art project, which we are going to be using as the base for my son’s birthday thank you cards. We think that it is very important to express our gratitude to somebody when they have taken the time to send a gift. Sending back a home made card is a lovely way for kids to express thanks for something that they have received.<\/p>\n Related Post: Easy Painting Projects for Kids<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n When something is symmetrical this means that it is exactly the same on either two sides facing each other or around an axis.<\/p>\n I let Liam have a go at explaining this to his younger brother Freddie (6) to help reinforce what he has already been learning in school. He did a really good job and followed this up by showing Freddie how to complete the Symmetrical Mittens project that he had done in school as part of his work on symmetry.<\/p>\n This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n This is another good way to demonstrate symmetry in action.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n We plan to fold these paintings in half and turn them into Thank You cards for my son to send to family who sent him some lovely birthday presents recently.<\/p>\n Related Post : Roll a Bubble Wrap Rainbow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n For our final symmetrical art project, we had a go at making a butterfly. Liam had learnt in \u00a0school that the butterfly is the most symmetrical of animals. It has the exact same pattern on each of its two wings, so this was another good way to reinforce what he had been learning in school.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sign up here to our monthly newsletter and receive a Free Activity Planner for Your Kids<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Here is what the rest of the 2nd Grade Blogging Team are sharing this week on the theme of Gratitude:<\/strong><\/p>\n School Snippets have been writing Thanksgiving Acrostic Poems.<\/a>Activities for 2nd Grade Kids<\/h2>\n
What is Symmetry?<\/h2>\n
How to make Symmetrical Mittens<\/h2>\n
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Symmetrical Squish Painting<\/h2>\n
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How to make Symmetrical Butterfly<\/h2>\n
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\nThriving STEM have been using an Obstacle Course to give thanks.<\/a>
\nCreative Family Fun are sharing some Gratitude\u00a0Conversation Starters.<\/a><\/p>\n