Pattern Block Pictures

This week, we started a math unit on 2-dimensional shapes so I started to look up sites my kids could use at home. Then I found the Math Toybox. It's a great site for your kids to make their own pattern block pictures. All you have to do is drag the shape into the drawing area and click to drop. Shapes will snap together at the corners. You can click on them to rotate and drag them to move. When creating pattern block pictures, your kids will be decomposing shapes in different ways, developing visual images of 2D shapes, and finding different combinations of shapes to fill the same area. The work we've been doing at school can also be done at home!