- Have the child build the figures as before.
- Show the child that three obtuse angled isosceles triangles are equal in shape and area to one equilateral triangle.
- Slide the yellow hexagon and the yellow triangle down in front of the child.
- Remove the center of the hexagon.
- Build the second equilateral triangle, made from the three obtuse angled isosceles triangles, on the first equilateral triangle.
- Trace if necessary and say: “These triangles are the same.”
- Slide the second triangle off the first, and place its pieces in the center of the hexagon that the first triangle was taken from.
- Next, bring the rhombus down and compare to the hexagon that has just been built.
- Show that the three rhombi are equal in area to one hexagon.
- Place the rhombus on top of the hexagon, and rotate to illustrate.
- A hexagon is composed of 6 obtuse angled isosceles triangles.
- Allow the child to build with the shapes.
- Show the child once again that the shapes made of the same triangles are equal in area.
- Return to the box as follows:
- Large yellow triangle and its matching smaller triangles.
- Second yellow equilateral triangle, gray and red triangles to its side.