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The Basics of Tangram Shapes
The History of Tangrams
Making Your Own Tangrams
The Big Square Tangram Shape
The Double Square Tangram Shape
Basic Tangram Combos
Seeing Tangram Puzzle Strategies
Online Tangram Puzzles
The Tangoes Tangram Game
Tangrams Games for Classrooms
Playing Tangrams Online
Spindly Tangram Puzzles
Tangram Block Puzzles
Cut Out Tangram Puzzles
Multiple Triangle Tangram Puzzles
Summary: Tangram games are great tyo be played in the classroom. Learn how to this Chinese shapes game is fun, exciting and instructional for kids in this free video clip.
Antonia Hoyland is a card game aficionado who has been playing solitaire games since she was a toddler. An expert on dozens of games, with knowledge of about 150, Antonia has passed...read more
"Many people hear of tangrams in the classroom. That's the first exposure they have to the puzzle. Tangrams works well in the classroom because it demonstrates proportions and ratios, it also teaches about shapes. You have right triangles and then you can measure the area of those triangles, and square, and the parallelogram. Tangram puzzles also teach problem solving skills. When I played it in school we got prizes for getting them done the fastest, extra credit and candy. That's a very good incentive. To do this exercise very inexpensively go ahead and have each student make their own tangram set with a sheet of paper. You can find free tangram puzzles online. So it's good to just print those out and project them. "
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