World Tessellation Day

World Tessellation Day

Celebrate World Tessellation Day on June 17th and have fun learning about tessellations. Do you know what a tessellation is? It is a tiled mosaic pattern of the same shape that is repeating and often interconnecting. 

Ways to celebrate Tessellation Day

Creator Emily Grosvenor has some great ideas in her Tessellation Book including: 

• Look for tessellations in nature with your kids or friends. Thinks like a chain link fence, or a honey bee combs. 
• Look for interconnecting puzzles or toys that have tessellations.
• Buy some material that has a repeating pattern and create something

Create your own tessellations

• Draw a tessellation
• Create a tessellation by following the steps here.