Tag: geometry
Waldorf Math | Elementary Years
Math can be a daunting subject area to tackle. We may have experienced our own math trauma in school which led up to grow up believing we weren’t good at math resulting in a fear or dislike of t... Read More
How to Make String Art | Homeschool Tutorial
You can make this string art as part of a geometry unit or Ancient Rome/Greece unit. We are using the book called “Classical Kids An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome” by L... Read More
How To Make The Five Regular Solids: Plato Glo Mobile Kit
We used the kit “Plato Glo Mobile” from http://www.rainbowresources.com to make sturdy three dimensional shapes. The five regular solids were discovered by Pythagoras and his Secret Brothe... Read More
How to Make Three Dimensional Solids from Paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUc2cVKg5Es Watch as we make three dimensional ‘solids’ from paper. We used 90lb water color paper and our Silhouette Cameo to make the five regular ... Read More
How to Make the Perfect Square
While reading “String, Straightedge and Shadow” by Julia Diggins, we came across a chapter on constructing a square using ‘string’ and ‘straightedge’. Watch as I sh... Read More
The Pythagorean Theorem
How did Pythagoras show that the square of two sides of a right triangle equal the square of the hypotenuse? Watch as we recreate the proof from the 6th century. First we will construct a square with ... Read More
Interior Angles of a Triangle
This quick and easy projects demonstrates how the interior angles of a triangle equal 180 degrees. All you need is a piece of paper and a pair of scissors. We are using a Waldorf curriculum from Home ... Read More
Chalk Drawing: Geometric Shapes
As part of our Waldorf geometry unit, we are learning how to create shapes by shading them from the periphery, from the center and from intersecting lines. Join me as I make three chalk drawing to acc... Read More