DISCOVERING GEOMETRY

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MONTESSORI'S METHODOLOGY

Hello! I have been searching information on the internet and I have found a video about explaining geometry through the Montessori’s methodology in a practical and meaningful way. This video shows us how we can teach a student through asking some questions and motivating him to think by himself autonomously and independently. As we can see, the adult start asking the child some questions in order to form new geometric figures, but there are some moments that the child has some doubts but finally, by his own, he gets to understand the problem and form the corresponding geometric figure that the adult is asking him for. Therefore, I consider that there are so many materials that we can use in the classroom and teachers do not use them. They prefer doing theoretical activities form the textbook rather than carrying out practical and useful activities through the use of didactic resources.

ANIMALS AND GEOMETRY

In this entry, I would like to relate geometry to animals. After surfing on the internet, I could have realised that animals have geometric figures in their skins and this causes me a feeling of curiosity, so it is something that I would like to share with all of you. People usually live absorbed in their personal problems and interests, and more now, that we live in a society where technology consumes us every day, so, sometimes we do not pay attention to our surroundings and the amazing and little curiosities that exist in our world. For this reason, I would like to share you what nature has for us and the incredible and amazing curiosities that we can find in it. Talking about the relation between geometry and animals, it is noteworthy watching how nature can create geometric figures in the skins of animals in such a way it produces an amazing and perfect geometry, but sometimes this kind of geometric it serves to them because it is a way of protection or defense. Now,...

THE FRACTAL WORLD

Today, I would like to talk about fractal geometry and its application in the classroom of Primary Education. A fractal is a geometric object whose basic structure is divided irregularly, and it is repeated by different scales. The study of fractals is a motivating element for students of primary education because it can be attracting because of its aesthetic. Therefore, as a way of recognizing the importance of geometry and implementing new ways of understanding better this subject, we can carry out dynamic and practical activities so in such a way that the students improve their spatial and geometric thinking. In this way, the activities about fractals that we can develop with students are developing an educative project in which the students introduce the different materials that they have done to other children. For example, surfing the net, I have found a website in which they prepared an exhibition about fractal geometry, I would link you the video so, in this way,...

THE RELATION BETWEEN ART AND GEOMETRY

Hello everybody! Today, I am going to be focused on the relationship that exists between art and geometry, since forever have been linked. The symmetry, proportions, and perspectives are present in the art. Moreover, with the purpose of showing you that the majority of artists used to take into account the geometry, I am going to emphasize some painters: One of the painters that expressed the art through the geometry was Kandinsky , a Russian painter, and precursor of abstraction in painting and art theoretician. The majority of his work of art was based on using geometric figures. For example, some of his work of art was: Another painter that I would like to emphasize is Picasso, a Spanish painter who was focused on the abstract art and cubism which was characterized by the using of geometric figures, such as rectangles, cubes or triangles. Apart from these painters, there are many more, but I would like to say that we can apply the art in the s...

GAMES USING GEOMETRY AND PERSPECTIVE.

In this entry, I will share you some games which you can play totally free in most of them. In all these games you have to think in a reasoning way and at the same time, you will develop your reflective knowledge in an enjoyable way. 1. Monument Valley: it is a jigsaw puzzle game in which the objective is to guide a little princess through different levels, ten levels in total. Although there are a few scenarios, each of them is totally different emphasizing the perspective as an identity sign. Moreover, the game has three dimensions that it allows us to spin around the scenario joining two ways which were separated, but also, it is necessary the use of buttons, handles, and walkway that can be moved by our finger in order to continue and arrive at the final level. This game is based on the artwork made by the artist M. C. Escher who made mathematically-inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. 2. Tetris: it is a traditional and puzzle game in whi...

MANIPULATIVE MATERIALS

Today, I will be focused on the different materials that we can use during the lessons of mathematics. I consider that it is very useful to use these manipulative materials because it helps students to understand better the mathematical concepts. Moreover, there are so many advantages of working with these materials; 1. It allows students to recreate situations in which they have to use logical thinking through the visual observation, strategies, reasoning, etc. 2. The students can repeat the activity as many times as they need, thus, we can adapt the different level of learning from each child, since as we know, not everybody learns with the same rhythm. 3. The manipulative materials are always more attractive for students; thus, they prefer manipulative materials rather than doing theoretical activities which are represented in a worksheet. After telling you some reasons for using these types of tools, I am going to share with you s...

ORIGAMI AND GEOMETRY

Hello everyone! Today, I want to tell you a different way of working with geometry in order to apply it in the classroom and transform geometry more practical and entertaining for children. But, what is the origami ? Well, it is a type of art of paper folding without using any type of instruments such as scissors or stick, with the purpose of making new figures which can have different types of forms. The particularity of these technic is the transformation of the paper in different sizes from an initial square or rectangular base. Therefore, it is a really good opportunity to introduce the origami as an enjoyable activity in the classroom, since it develops the ability of hand-eye coordination, but also, it improves the peer support and the relationship between students as well as it fosters the curiosity and interest about learning geometry through the game. Now, I will share with you some vide os about examples of how to make origami:

GEOMETRY IS EVERYWHERE

Today, I would like to talk you about the influence of geometry in the society. If we take a look just a moment to our surrounds, we can find a lot of geometric figures and we can realise that everything is formed by them. For example, the buildings are usually rectangles and their windows squares, even the traffic signals are made by geometric figures, such as circle, triangle, square, etc. We are accustomed to these curiosities that we do not realise that everything has a geometric figure. Therefore, I consider that it is especially important to make see students pay attention to their surroundings and we can relate easily their daily life with those contents that we want to teach them. In this way, they will be more interested in learning geometry and will have a purpose of discovering by themselves through the use of geometry.

WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

Welcome! I am Lucrecia Díaz, currently, I am studying the third course of the degree of Primary Education at the University of Malaga. In this blog I will be focused specifically on geometry, I will post my reflections about the importance of geometry in our lives but also, with this blog, I will try to show you that teaching geometry should not be boring for children, there are many resources that we can find easily and transform this subject in something that it is interesting, practical and useful for us. Therefore, throughout my different entries, I will write a lot of ideas and curiosities that we can use in our classroom with the students in order to learn geometry in an interesting and dynamic way. I hope you learn a little more about geometry and enjoy reading my entries. I assure you that you will have a great time, so, what are you waiting for?