What is it?This is a very common game - Tangram - where the child is to use the 7 shapes to make a big picture. As the child engaging in this game is expected to be within the age of 3 months to 3 years, the big pictures will be shown to the child in colours with the breakdown of the shapes shown.
How to make it yourself
Using a piece of foam, draw out the shapes and cut it out. Preferably, use different coloured foams to allow easier differentiation. However, it is important that the size of the shapes must be drawn to almost perfection.
You may find pictures made using the Tangram shapes online for your reference.
What purpose does it serve?
By arranging the pictures in the same arrangement as the worksheets, the child needs to use his Visual-motor skills and fine-motor to pick up and arrange the shapes.
Visual Spatial-relations skills will also be needed to understand the shape and deciding when to flip it or turn it to fit the worksheet.
As some shapes are similar, Visual Discrimination, which is the ability to notice subtle differences, will be activated to differentiate the size of the shapes, especially the triangles in order to place them in the correct position.
When the child is asked to see the arrangement, he is trained in his Visual Figure-ground, which is the ability to attend to one activity without being distracted by other surrounding activity.
You can make use of the exercise to introduce shapes and colours to the child.
Summary of developmental objectives
Visual-motor, Visual discrimination, Visual figure-ground, Visual Spatial-relations, Fine-motor, Logic, Tactile, Proprioceptive.
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