Fun with Patterns

Lately, Kaeta has really enjoyed playing with her “art box,” a big box of crayons, colored pencils, and markers that we got for her.  She likes to draw and color, but she also just likes organizing things.  The other day (9/13) she was playing with it in the kitchen while I read in the living room, and then she started calling out, “Daddy!  I made a cross!  I made a cross!”

I came over to see.  I think “cross” was just the closest word she had for what she had made.  She had laid out some pencils in this pattern:

I was really intrigued — she came up with that all on her own, and she seemed fairly intent when working on it.  Later I watched her make some additions:

How creative!  I’m really proud of her!