Sea Star Quilt Blocks

Today we had a chance to be creative and practice some fine motor skills by coloring, cutting, and gluing paper quilt blocks that will be assembled into a class "quilt." 

First we learned some facts about sea stars (students may have been most fascinated by the fact that they can regenerate their arms if one breaks!). The important fact math-wise was that they have five arms each. 

Then we each created two different quilt blocks that each included five of something. Once the quilt is put together we'll have a fun way to notice and practice some patterns in the multiples of five.