I love his tessellating lizards! Which of his pictures is your favorite? Escher on his official website, and check out a gallery featuring several of his tessellations. Have you ever found the hexagonal pattern in a beehive or noticed that mud seems to dry in a patterned way? That’s a tessellation, too. Take a walk around your neighborhood, looking for man-made tessellations. Have you passed a chain link fence? Have you looked at your feet in a bathroom with a tiled floor?

All rights reserved.Ģ) Look for tessellations in your everyday life.Īre you going to Staples or Target today? Check out the tessellating patterns in their shopping carts. Learn more at these websites:Įxcept where otherwise noted, graphics and photos copyright ©2016 Emily Grosvenor. Tessellations can be found in nature, or they can be created by people. 1) Learn about tessellations with your kids.Ī tessellation is a tiled mosaic pattern of the same shape laid out over and over again, repeating into infinity. Here are 10 great ways to play with tessellations, learn about them, and introduce your children to a math concept that opens a variety of creative learning opportunities.

June 17 marks World Tessellation Day, a holiday I created to bring awareness to the fun of finding and making tessellations.