Geoboards are a pretty cool STEM activity, so we like to add themes to ours for the holidays. This week we worked on creating a heart geoboard pattern for a simple but effective math activity. Simple materials, low cost, and plenty of fun, our homemade geoboard can be reused in so many ways all year long.
HEART GEOBOARD MATH ACTIVITY FOR VALENTINES DAY!
My husband made me this awesome gem of a geoboard a couple years ago. I can’t tell you how many times it is used for play or quiet time. It cost just a few dollars to make it, and less if you have supplies already. Check out our DIY Homemade Geoboard to see how my husband went about making this geo board.
There is plenty to explore with a geoboard. Since Valentine’s Day is our next holiday, I thought it would be fun to explore a heart geoboard pattern. We really played around with symmetry with this Valentine’s Day geo board math activity.
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Heart Geoboard Supplies:
(If you don’t want to make a geoboard, check out my pick from Amazon at the end of this post.)
A piece of wood or styrofoam
Finishing nails {hammer if using wood}
Tape measure or ruler
Loom bands {we chose traditional Valentine’s Day colors}
Go to our DIY Homemade Geoboard Activity to see how we made ours!
Now, how to make a heart? I am pretty sure you can figure out something for your heart geoboard. Definitely let the kids explore making their own “heart” shapes too of they are interested.
You can also try out a cookie cutter or cut a paper heart to give you an idea of where the heart will fall on the nails. Dollar store cookie cutters!
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The activity he enjoyed most was having me a create a pattern one side of the heart and then he repeated the pattern on the other side. This is a great way to explore symmetry too! Have your kids create a pattern for you to copy or for a sibling/peer to copy!
You can also see how many hearts you can layer on your heart geoboard like we did above, or you can explore your own shapes inside the heart {or outside the heart}!
Sit with your kids and talk about the shapes, angles, planes, lines, patterns, area, perimeter, and counting. There are so many great math vocabulary words to introduce while using a geoboard.
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Join in as we countdown the 14 Days of Valentine’s STEM this Winter. It will brighten your day!
Make a Heart Geoboard for Exploring Math!
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April says
You’re blog is one of my favorite go to spots for finding awesome new content to share. I love this idea, just like so many of the hands on activities you share.
✿April✿
✿Grade School Giggles✿
Ana says
Love this!!
littlebins says
Thank you!