Children work with visual patterns

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Iterative Processes
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2. Introduction
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In the last class we learnt about “Patterns”
We also saw examples of “Patterns” in our day to
day life.
Have you started identifying “Patterns” around
you????
Today let us learn about visual patterns 

3. Start with a simple example
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Take a look at the images below
Can you guess the next image ???
?
Easy ????
Green square followed by red triangle repeatedly…..

4. Try few more examples
Take a look at the puzzles below
Guess the missing image and tell me how you guessed
it? Simple?
?
?

5. Drawing Rangoli…
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Have you seen your mother or grandmother draw
rangoli?
Yes!!! Look at the below rangoli carefully…
Using the above rangoli pattern I am drawing a nice
border as shown below…

6. Drawing Rangoli…
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So what did I do here? I took the single block and
repeated it again and again till I got a nice border…
A beautiful rangoli can be drawn using the various
rangoli patterns!

7. Roses and Pattern ????
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I am sure you have seen roses either in the garden or at
flower shop or in temple…
We see different colors of roses

8. Roses and Pattern ????
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Even though the roses are of different colors – Red,
white, Yellow, Orange, Pink…
They all look similar!
That is because all the rose flowers follow the same
pattern

9. What comes next?
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Let us play a simple game and understand more about
patterns
All you have to do is guess the image in the blank box.
Simple! Let us start…
?

10. What comes next?
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Here is another one for you…
?
1 Ball 2 Balls 3 Balls 4 Balls 5 Balls 6 Balls

11. Patterns with Lego blocks
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All of us have used the Lego blocks as kids to build
various objects. I give you one such Lego piece. What is
it?
It is a rectangle
I will give you 4 such rectangles
Using these 4 triangles, can you make a bigger
rectangle for me ?
Let us try…
1 2 3 4

12. Patterns with Lego blocks
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Got it??
Let us see how to make a bigger square using these
small rectangles
Fun? Can you make any other shape from the rectangles?
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8
3
6
4
5
2
7

13. Fun with shapes…
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A simple one….
4321
12
11
5
6
78910

14. Alphabets and Legos
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Now let us learn making alphabets using the Lego
blocks…
Make the alphabets L and T using such squares.
Can you make any other alphabet using these squares ????
Think
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15. Alphabets and Legos
Alphabet L Alphabet T
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2
3
4 5
1
2
3
4 5
Making alphabets L and T

16. Alphabets and Legos
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Alphabet E Alphabet S
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2
3
4 5
1 26 7
8
3
4 5
6
8 7
Few more …. E and S….

17. Overview
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Let us have a quick recap of what we learnt about
“Patterns” so far
In this session we learnt how to recognize visual patterns.
Example
o guess the next image
o Rangoli
o What comes next?
o Fun with Legos etc.
Now start looking around and try and identify
these patterns
Share with your friends and family and have fun
with “Patterns” 

18. Thank You