Tangrams: Decomposition and Diagonals

Tangram, decomposed and rearranged This is the first of the final three posts that lean on tangrams. Of these last three, this post is the least flashy, but the thoughts in it are some of the most interesting to me. If you are someone who is working with children, I especially want to reach you.…

Beautiful Papers

I've had my head into making beautiful papers for different projects I've been working on. Thought it would be nice to give a peek at the different ways I go about making these papers. This, sadly, is not a "how-to" post, as each technique has so many steps. The one thing that these all have…

Inside Outside Code Book for Miriam’s Collection

When Miriam Schaer was assembling her teaching collection to send to Telavi University in the Republic of Georgia, I very much wanted to contribute, but nothing I had on hand seemed right. In the nick of time, some thoughts came colliding together.  This structure started out with an exploration of a shape which I wrote…

Lines and Circles Workshop

Last night 15 people showed up at the library for a couple of hours to make patterns based on lines and circles. I don't think anyone knew quite what to expect but that didn't keep them from showing up. A brave bunch. The participants were tweens, teens, and adults. There was at least a 50…