Key Stage 1 Numeracy Homework
Year 2 Shape
"Butterfly Symmetry"

What will this game will achieve?
This activity will help your child understand and make symmetrical patterns.

You will need:

                                                       
How do you play?

  • Talk with you child about symmetry. What does it mean?
  • Look around your home. Can you find anything which is symmetrical (paper, faces, wallpaper, windows)
  • Make a pattern on one side of the butterfly using the shapes. Can your child make the butterfly symmetrical?
Key Words:
symmetry
Symmetrical
Line of symmetry