I knew this would not take them the whole class period, so I printed off some paper puzzle/games I found online. I had previously played Triangles to Squares at my local library and then found the Hexi Cards as I was looking for the other online. I figured them would like them and think they were okay, but I would not have predicted how in to them they really were! They found putting all of the pieces together to be a bit challenging, so they quickly adapted and created new ways to use them. Some of the things I saw:
- Patterning. LOTS and LOTS of different patterning.
- Creating designs. Some made a lizard and others a vacuum!
- Using pieces to make small puzzle boards, not one large one.
- Using the pieces to spell their names.