#06 Extend and Connect

Extend and Connect

Instead of your own bodies, manipulate dolls, plush toys, models made from construction sets, or posable action figures. It’s a math lesson taught by LEGO®, a Barbie®, and a Transformer®!

Take pictures of your games – this will inspire kids to strike more interesting poses! If you take pictures from the side, with the symmetry line in the middle, you can cut them in half and play a matching game with the pieces.

Go on scavenger hunts for characters striking mirror poses or doing copycat movements in games, cartoons, paintings, or dances. Directors, choreographers, and artists use symmetry to express both harmony and conflict. For example, mirrored confrontation shots often appear on posters for action movies.

Add objects to the game – give each player a ball, a hula hoop, a large wooden block, or something you can climb. Objects can help kids notice and discuss the idea that “my right is your left.”

Go on scavenger hunts for characters striking mirror poses or doing copycat movements in games, cartoons, paintings, or dances. Directors, choreographers, and artists use symmetry to express both harmony and conflict. For example, mirrored confrontation shots often appear on posters for action movies.