Happy 3/14! We’re almost always on Spring Break for Pi Day, so we don’t do anything related to pi at all at my school (insert sad face emoji). Maybe next year we can celebrate early! In either case, this is a silly and fun way to celebrate it at home!
What is Pi?
- “3.14. Duh!”
- “The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Obviously.”
- “An irrational number. Hello?”
Yes to all three. Pi is a number that is much longer than 3.14, but that approximation will get us by in a pinch. We see it in geometry when learning about circles.
So why celebrate a number?
Why not? Pi Day is a super fun way to explore the math concept further, make some wordplay around pie and pi, and have an excuse to eat the pastry of the same name. What’s not to love?
Art & Pi Day
You know my arts integration-loving heart couldn’t resist some art in this post! Since the number pi is used with circles, let’s make circle art–and measure those circles while we’re at it!
- Bubble Art from Math Geek Mama
- Grid Art from Tinkerlab
- Circle Art Process Art from The Artful Parent
- Delaunay Art Project by Art Projects for Kids
- Kandinsky Concentric Circles from Happiness is Homemade
From Pi Day to Pie Day
This is my plan this year: everything we eat for meals is going to be in pie form.
- Breakfast: quiche
- Lunch: pot pie, shepherd’s pie, cottage pie
- Dinner: pizza pie
- Dessert: any kind of pie…a la mode
This paleo pie crust is gluten-free for my Celiac people (and likely what I’ll be using for breakfast, lunch, and dessert) and this traditional pie crust is nut-free (and from Martha Stewart!).
In terms of skill level, you can make this a day that just plays on words where every pie you consume is ready-made or you can get your whole family in on it and make the pies from scratch (or scratch-ish…buy the ready-made crust without guilt).
