Tangram: A Journey of Creativity and Geometry through the Board Game

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 Welcome to another blog post to continue discovering the different ways of geometry!


Have you ever wondered how we could work on art and geometry in the classroom in an interactive and fun way? A good way to introduce this to pupils could be with a board game called "Tangram"; a game designed to develop students' imagination and challenge their minds, this game is made up of a set of seven simple geometric figures.



These figures are mainly characterised by being versatile and easy to combine, allowing the creation of a great variety of figures with different ranges of difficulty. The figures we can combine are: a square, a small parallelogram and five triangles with different shapes and sizes..



The aim of this game is to use these pieces to turn different animals or everyday objects into abstract shapes; to do so, it will be necessary to put into practice the rotations and symmetries between the pieces until the right combination is found to produce the desired figure. The essence of this game lies in the simplicity of its base and the number of different opportunities it offers to stimulate creativity in students.


Beyond this, Tangram acts as a didactic tool, very adaptable to work in primary classrooms since, being a manipulative resource, it increases the motivation of the pupils. Moreover, players develop their spatial skills, learn to recognise patterns and practise critical thinking as well as improving the ability to visualise solutions from different perspectives, these skills are fundamental for the study of geometry and everyday life.


Finally, a good idea would be to create a collective tangram in the classroom in order to be able to use this tool more often, creating collaborative groups of 4 or 5 students. In this way, each group could work with the tangram adapting its use depending on their needs.

Below, I leave you a video with the instructions to create your own tangram! I hope you find it helpful and that you enjoy making it!



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I really hope you enjoyed this blog about geometry from a more dynamic and manipulative point of view!


See you next time!

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