Neon. Sizzle. Fluorescent shapes on the floor. Are we talking about a disco? Nope – to your kids it’s math. In Crazy 8s’ Neon Geometry, they learned geometric shapes like no one ever has before!
Kids decorated the floor with repeating shapes, then flicked off the lights to see their creations glow. And they learned a cool Party Fun Fact: Only three regular polygons (all equal sides and angles) can be tiled to fit together perfectly. Can you guess what they are? (They are squares, equilateral triangles and hexagons.)
And you don’t have to go clubbing to keep the party going at home. Find real life examples. Start with squares: windows, floors, graph paper, Dad’s shirts, checkered tablecloths. Then graduate to honeycombs and the shapes on a soccer ball!
Use fresh glowsticks to make new shapes. You can even use geometry and glowsticks to decorate for Halloween – learn how in Spotted on Halloween at Bedtime Math, our research-proven app that moves kids forward on math skills.