As well as Spring heralding all kinds of wonderful outdoor activities, I have been working away at an assignment for my Course in Rudolf Steiner Education.
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| 12-petalled flower |
This is how mathematics for classes 5/6 in a Steiner (or Waldorf) school is learnt - using art to access the learning.
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| nest of polygons |
Each piece required an extremely high degree of accuracy and precision in order to create the result.
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| 12-pointed star |
I thoroughly enjoyed all the challenges we were presented and loved using colour to bring the maths to life. Colouring each piece became meditative and quite soothing - in contrast to the exacting nature of the process of calculating and creating the shapes.
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| cascading squares |
I don't remember my maths classes being anything like this...do you?
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