Pepper Paints

Tangrams

I love picture books that have activities and recipes in them! Yesterday we read the book Grandfather Tang’s Story by

Ann Tompert.

Then we got out our tangrams to play along.

Everyone got involved in the story and using  the tangrams to recreate the characters.

I also dug out a set of the easier tangram puzzles I made when Jake and Molly were younger.

I cut out lots of different shapes in various sizes and colors. I made “boards” to match the shapes onto.

Tangrams are a great game to leave sitting out for a while. As we walk by we often stop and work on a puzzle, leaving a finished picture for the next person who walks by! The two sets that we have are TANGOES and THE-F.

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