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A pattern block is a foundation pattern that patternmakers use as a base or foundation when drafting patterns. In the US a block is referred to as a 'sloper' so you may see these terms used interchangeably in books and blocks, depending on where the author is from.

Pattern blocks facilitate in teaching shapes, colour, counting, number and measurements. Using pattern blocks can develop communication, language, emotional, personal & social skills, as well as mathematical concepts.

They are small blocks, usually made of either wood or plastic, that are a common learning material in classrooms. Real pattern blocks are standard shapes and colors. A set always includes these shapes: green triangle, orange square, blue rhombus, beige thin rhombus, red trapezoid, and yellow hexagon.

A full set of Basic Blocks usually consists of: Bodice Front & Back, Sleeve and Skirt Front & Back. Using these blocks while applying the principles of patternmaking allows you to make sewing patterns.

As their name suggests, pattern blocks are used to create, identify, and extend patterns. Students use the many relationships among the pieces to explore fractions, angles, transformations, patterning, symmetry, and measurement.

What are Pattern Blocks? One set of pattern blocks has six colour-coded geometric solids. The top and bottom surfaces of these solids are geometric shapes: hexagon, trapezoid, square, triangle, parallelogram (2). Except for the trapezoid, the lengths of all sides of the shapes are the same.

Tangrams are geometric puzzles having geometric shapes that contain two large triangles, one medium triangle, two small triangles, one square, and one parallelogram, whereas, pattern blocks are a group of six shapes in six colors - green triangles, orange squares, blue parallelograms, tan rhombuses, red trapezoids, and ...

Pattern Blocks are a collection of 6 shapes in 6 colors - green triangles, orange squares, blue parallelograms, tan rhombuses, red trapezoids, and yellow hexagons. The shapes are designed so the sides are all the same length except for the trapezoid, which has 1 side that is twice as long.