Panda STEM Tangram Puzzle Set
Your children will have fun exploring this panda STEM tangram set! It features three tangram mats and two sets of printable tangrams. One set of tangrams features black blocks while the other has white blocks. What fun it will be to explore pandas using blocks from each of the sets. The finished puzzles will display the same two colors that pandas do.
This is part of a series of tangram puzzles. Please stop by and check out the STEM Tangrams Puzzles Sets page to see the whole collection.
Getting the Panda Tangram Puzzle Set Ready
This set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.
If you plan on using the mats and puzzle pieces over and over again you may want to laminate them. Below you will find some laminating supplies I recommend.
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Building Background Before Exploring the Tangram Puzzle Set
Before your children explore the panda tangram mats, you may want to do one of the following.
Panda Craft
Panda Craft From Crafty Morning
Panda Bear Rhyme
This rhyme is about several types of bears. It would be fun to sing it and then have students share what they know about each of them.
All Types of Bears
To the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Grizzly bears are big and brown, big and brown, big and brown.
Grizzly bears are big and brown and live in the woods.
Polar bears are soft and white, soft and white, soft and white.
Polar bears are soft and white and live where it’s cold.
Panda bears are black and white, black and white, black and white,
Panda bears are black and white and live with bamboo.
Koala bears have great big ears, great big ears, great big ears.
Koala bears have great big ears and live high in a tree.
Teddy bears are just my size, just my size, just my size.
Teddy bears are just my size, to cuddle with at night.
Read a Book About Pandas
After reading one of the books below, children will have gained some background knowledge on pandas. While you can have them explore the puzzles without a book, it is worth it to shares at least one with them.
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The More Shape Learning Activities
Building Shapes with Crayons Task Cards
Exploring Shapes and Colors Mini Book
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