Easy Animal Origami

by Christopher L. Harbo

Overview

Provides instructions and photo-illustrated diagrams for making a variety of easy animal origami models.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429653848
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	12/01/2010
Series:	Easy Origami
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	NC560L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Christopher L. Harbo discovered his love of comic books as an adult when he stumbled on a copy of Stan Sakai's comic "Usagi Yojimbo". Today, Christopher's bookshelves are loaded with comics and graphic novels from around the world. When he's not reading, Christopher enjoys practicing origami, watching Japanese anime, and working in his garden.

Table of Contents

Paper zoo — Materials — Folding techniques and symbols — Floppy-eared dog — Purr-fect cat — Flapping butterfly — Crouching bunny — Spotted ladybug — Perched parakeet — Swimming swan — Origami paper pets.

Editorial Reviews

This series presents some math-related art activities that teachers might use in their classrooms to add to and enrich their mathematics instruction. In each book, the author demonstrates some origami activities that could supplement a lesson. . . .In addition to teachers using the series to challenge students or enrich their units of study, children could use the books on their own. . . .Origami activities can help with fine-motor skills as well as with mathematical skills in spatial reasoning and geometry.

NCTM Teaching Children Mathematics