They notice symmetry and designs and investigate how different shapes look when rotated or reflected. Student worksheet, construction paper, color pencils, and scissors. Pictures of families, books about families. Students visualize and represent shapes and develop spatial sense. They notice symmetry and designs and investigate how different shapes look when rotated or reflected.
Students make a mosaic picture of their family.
The class can compare families and discuss differences, study the family's role in society, etc. This activity may be done with pattern blocks or similar manipulatives.