Beginning Measuring

Feb. 25-Mar. 4, 2014

Our next unit was on measuring! We started off playing a fun game using non-standard units of measurement. I had one pile of things to be measured (rug, trampoline, shoe, etc.) and one pile of things to measure with (cars, popsicle sticks, pencils, etc.).  Seth would draw one from each pile and measure!

Measuring the rug with popsicle sticks

Measuring the trampoline with cars

From there we moved on to standard units of measurement. We first talked about measuring length in inches. I had Seth roll out playdough snakes and then told him how long to cut the pieces. He would have to measure using the ruler and cut each piece correctly: 

Next we talked about measuring length and height:

Our dino is four inches long...

...and about 6 inches high!

More measuring to come!