TANFORMERS!

This September, gear up for a unique Math Challenge. Brains will buzz; fractions and primes will flow thick and fast; wild, imaginative designs of all shapes and contours will rise from mere tiles. The Pomegranate Workshop presents TANFORMERS, a brand new workshop that blends Creativity and Mathematical Reasoning in a dazzling combination for children.

Tangram, believed by some to be "the oldest Chinese puzzle," is an ancient Chinese play-puzzle with unique geometric pieces (called ‘Tan’) assembled into a square. These 7 geometric shapes can be assembled and reassembled in a range of imaginative designs to form cats, rabbits, birds, houses, people, robots, spaceships and countless more. Tangrams have fascinated children and adults alike for centuries, and were particularly popular in Europe. Children can develop Visual Thinking and Geometric Reasoning by making shapes from their own imagination and weaving visual narratives out of them.

Prof A G Rao of IIT-Bombay (Industrial Design Centre), who will be conducting the workshop, takes this ancient puzzle a step further to create new challenges for children. At Tanformers, children will explore not only the visual possibilities of Tangrams, but mathematical ones too. Prof Rao will include puzzles and exercises where the Tans are assigned numerical values and the children link them up to arrive at Math Concepts that actually form a design and can be creatively visualised. In addition, every child will receive a ‘Tangram Kit’ specially designed and manufactured for the workshop by Prof Rao.

At Tanformers, ‘learning’ comes out of the classroom and the boundaries between Math and Art are erased. If that’s a puzzling thought, your child will solve it here.

ABOUT PROF A G RAO

Prof Rao has been teaching at the Industrial Design Center (IDC) of IIT Bombay, the country's premier design institute for nearly 40 years. He runs a unique project called the Bamboo Studio at IDC. He has been studying bamboo as a medium for the last couple of decades, and works with craftspersons and artisans across the country.

Prof Rao has been designing and conducting some very unique workshops for The Pomegranate Workshop over the past year and has introduced the children to some fundamental concepts in design even as they had a whole load of fun in the process. His methods involve very hands on techniques where children conceptualize, visualize and execute in one seamless effort.

Workshop Details:

Ages: 11 – 14 yrs

Dates: 19^th and 20^th September (Sat and Sun)

Timings: 10am – 12.30pm

Venue: P L Deshpande Academy,

Ravindra Natya Mandir

Sayani Road

Prabhadevi

Fees: Rs. 1000/-, incl of Tangram Kit and other materials

Contact: Priya – 9892210539

Akshat – 9833012484

Note: All Cheques to be made out to Pomegranate Eduworkshop Pvt. Ltd. Payments can be couriered to the office. In case of cash payments, the timings are 11 am – 4 pm, Monday – Saturday. Our address:

The Pomegranate Workshop,

14, Shantaram Nivas,

Gokhale Rd (North)

Dadar (West)

Mumbai – 400 028

Tel: 32159952

(Just above the WHP Jewelers showroom near Portuguese Church)