Draw a Triangle
Draw a triangle, draw a triangle
With corners three.
Draw a triangle, draw a triangle
Draw it just for me.
Tommy Triangle
I'm Tommy Triangle.
Look at me!
Count my sides.
One, two, three.
Triangle Creature
Give children a large triangle for the body. Cut rectangles and circles of different sizes for the children to use to create a triangle creature.
Forest
Cut triangles of different sizes from green construction paper. Have the children glue the green triangles on blue paper to create Christmas tree "forests." Different shades of green make the pictures more attractive. Try brushing some glue on the construction paper and sprinkling with salt to make snow.
Tissue Triangle Art
Need: Tissue paper triangles, diluted glue, wax paper, paint brushes
Cut triangles out of different colors of tissue paper. Set out brushes and diluted glue. Give each child a piece of waxed paper. Have the children brush the glue on their papers and place the triangles on top of the glue.
Encourage them to work on small areas at a time and to overlap their triangles to create new colors. For a shiny effect, brush more glue over the children's papers when they have finished. Attach construction paper frames. Then punch a hole in one corner of each frame and hang the papers from the ceiling or in a window.
Triangle Prints
Need: triangle sponges , paints, newsprint.
Cut sponges into triangle shapes (can have various size triangles). Have each child select a triangle sponge and dip the sponge into a pan of purple paint. Then child presses the sponge onto newsprint to make a triangle print. Encourage children to make a sheet full of triangle patterns.
The Greedy Triangle (Scholastic Bookshelf)
by Marilyn Burns
Triangle (Shape Trilogy)
by Mac Barnett
