Symmetry

  For a little bit of symmetry exploration we drew shapes on wax paper with permanent markers and folded them to see if there were lines of symmetry that could be made. The beauty of the wax paper is that it is strong enough to withstand the trial and error of folding done by 6-8 year hands and yet is still see through to make sure the halves of the symmetrical shape line up or the halves of the asymmetrical shape do not. We had a blast! We then used stencils (yes the still make those!) and traced shapes of everyday objects that most likely are not symmetrical. The kids had so much fun that we continued the project a little bit after lunch!