Warli Art Meets Geometry
Students learn triangles, circles and symmetry by creating traditional Warli paintings, then measure and classify every shape they drew.
Kavita RathodHeadmistress · Eklavya Model Residential SchoolWarli paintings are built from a handful of shapes: circles for the sun and moon, triangles for mountains and bodies, and lines for movement. That makes them a perfect bridge between art and geometry.
Students first learnt the art form from a local artist who visited the school. Then, in maths class, they analysed their own paintings: counting triangles, identifying isosceles versus equilateral, finding lines of symmetry in the tarpa dance circle, and estimating area by grid counting.
Each child produced a painting on brown paper and a 'geometry report' of their own artwork. We displayed both side by side at the annual day.
The combination made geometry vocabulary stick, and gave the art period a purpose beyond decoration.
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Log in to commentArt integrated maths is so underused. Sharing this with my cluster group.