Patterns with KITE 1

Using two colours create a tessellation

If all the class have made a couple of kites from different coloured rectangles then they can experiment with combining all the kites to cover the classroom floor. It is not as easy as it looks! Children will first want to make the octagon (see below).

Noting that all the kites of the same colour point the same way helps children to add more and more correctly.

Using two families created from sets of “A” rectangles

nest the kites in the corner

And combine to make

An Octagon

Or nest them in the centre: