To start our exploration on symme-tree (see what we did there!?), the children read the book called, Equal Shmequal, by Virginia Kroll. This really helped the kids to understand how symmetrical objects have equal-shmequal sides.
To further investigate this phenomenon, the students created symmetrical butterflies by first painting only half of the insect. Then, they folded the sides together to complete the beautiful butterfly. Wow! The butterfly patterns are exactly the same on both sets of wings!
To challenge the children even further, I had the children draw the other side of their face! Once the kids received their picture very excitedly, I told them that they had to cut their face in half! Afterwards, they carefully drew the other side of their face, making sure to include an eye, an ear and the other half of their nose and lips. They turned out very well!
Lastly, we conducted a Science experiment where we turned milk and vinegar into plastic. Once the ingredients were mixed, the children molded the dough-like material into symmetrical, or equal-shmequal, ornaments made out of cookie cutters.
Our room was radiating symme-tree-tree-tree objects!
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