What Do You See?
Written: Sep 22 '01
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Pros: Hours of visual tricks for the whole family
Cons: None
The Bottom Line: This book has many optical illusions and wonderful projects for you and your child.
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| angie420's Full Review: 101 Amazing Optical Illusions: Fantastic Visual Tr... |
An optical illusion is an image which deceives you into thinking it is something completely different from what it really is. It happens because of the way your eyes work, or the way your brain interprets what your eyes see, or even because of the nature of light.
This book contains 101 different optical illusions, and ways to make your own.
101 Amazing Optical Illusions is written by Terry Jennings, copyright 1996. It is a very colorful book, full of illustrations as well as illusions.
Each illusion has a caption by it explaining the illusion, and the history of it if there is one. These explanations are simple, and a wonderful guide if you are sharing this book with a child. It is easy to follow, and the illusions vary from simple, inkblots and spirals, to pictures your have to stare at to get. There are some that I still haven’t figured out.
If your child is not familiar with optical illusions, they will be stunned with this book. It will offer hours of “oohs”, “ahs”, and “Check this out”s. They will see more than 20 different kinds of illusions, and learn the effects that make them illusional.
If you and your child are familiar with illusions, you may have seen many of the ones in this book. However, I found many in this book I had never seen before. “Popping Pictures” and “Distortions” are examples of my favorite.
In addition to the endless visual stimulation of this book, it also offers great crafts for you and your child. Most of these will require adult supervision, but it isn’t just something your child will enjoy, they will learn from it as well.
For most of the projects, you will need simple items such as: poster board, glue, scissors, glue and / or tape, and markers. Other things you may need for different crafts in this book is a paper clip, a glass, beads and sequins (for a kaleidoscope) and a mirror for mirror writing.
As you see, these are all common items. The only item I saw you may not have is a hole punch. This is needed several times in the book.
The suggested projects are excellent. The instructions are easy to follow, and well illustrated. Some items, like making a slider or flick book, leaves a lot of room for imagination and creativity. If you are a teacher, there are great ideas in here for classroom activities for a wide
variety of ages.
This book makes you realize what a complicated task seeing really is. It proves that things are not always as it seems. But more so, this is simply a very entertaining book you and your children will love. Regardless of your age, this book really does offer hours of entertainment and
conversation.
The book has a glossary at the end defining any words that may not be understood. It isn’t very long, but it enhances the book as a learning tool, as well as just a really fun book.
MAKING A SPINNER
Here is an example of one of the projects in this book. As you see, it is a easy, very simple project that will not take long to make, but will entertain a child for hours!
1. Use a cup to draw a circle on a piece of white cardboard and divide this disk into seven equal areas. (The book has an example that can be traced)
2. Color each segment a different color of the spectrum.
3. Find the center of the disk and push a pencil stub through it to make a spinner. Spin the disk on a smooth surface. While the disk is spinning quickly, your eyes will not be able to make out the separate colors. The colors merge, making the colors appear to run together.
Recommended:
Yes
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