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What is Measurement?
What is Measurement?
Elmo helps us to understand what the word 'Measurement' means and that you don't always need a ruler to be able to measure!
A great starting point before exploring the fun activities below!
From Tallest to Shortest!
From Tallest to Shortest!
Click here to enjoy the story - Where's My Teddy?
Now go and find some of your favourite soft toys.
Can you arrange the from tallest to shortest?
(When completing this part of the activity it is important that each object is measured from the same starting point.)
Now prove your maths thinking by measuring each toy with a non standard unit. (ie. hand, blocks, lego, paperclips etc.) Write a list of how many units each toy was.
I wonder if you could arrange your family members from tallest to shortest?
Fill Me Up!
Fill Me Up!
Note: This is a great outside activity when the sun is shining!!
Materials Needed...
A Variety of Containers (Different Shapes & Sizes)
Water
Jugs, spoons and cups
Food colouring (Optional)
Activity...
Ask your adult at home to get you some water. Now have fun filling up the containers and investigating how much liquid they hold.
You might like to dye some of the water with food colouring to make it easier for you to see the different levels of water within the containers.
Beore you start think about these questions...
Which container holds the most water?
Which container holds the least?
How many spoonfuls fill up each container?
How many cups can each container hold?
Great words to use...
Bigger
Smaller
More
Less
Weigh to Go!
Weigh to Go!
Do you have kitchen scales at home? You will need them for this activity.
Find some items in your kitchen that you can weigh. You might choose fruit or items from the pantry.
Which one do you think will be the heaviest? Which one will be the lightest?
Practice putting them on and off your kitchen scale.
Was your prediction correct?
Write your Numbers
Write your Numbers
How many grams did each of your items weigh?
Make a picture showing the lightest to the heaviest item and write the number underneath.
Can you also name your fruits in te reo?
Click Here for a Maori Dictionary
Now you might need to take a break and eat your brainsnack!
Weigh Station!
Weigh Station!
Things you need to make a scale:
A Coat Hanger
Yarn or String
2 x Plastic Cups or Containers
Find random items around the house to compare their weights.
Put them in the cups and weigh the two items to see which one is heavier.
For example, one cup is filled with Lego bricks and the other cup will filled with feathers.
Record your answer on a piece of paper.
Here are some ideas of items to compare...
Pom-poms, buttons, toothpicks, crayons, bolts, gems, marbles, rocks, toy car...the options are endless!
Giant's Footprint!
Giant's Footprint!
Listen to the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk".
Draw an enormous giant's footprint on your driveway or the sidewalk with chalk, or you could draw it using water and a paintbrush. Have a guess at how many of your own footsteps it will take to walk around the giant's footprint.
Did you guess right? How many footsteps did it take for you to walk around the giant's footprint?
Have a go at writing about your experience with the giant's footprint.
HOW FAR CAN YOU BLOW A CLOUD?
HOW FAR CAN YOU BLOW A CLOUD?
You will need:
cotton wool
straws
Ask someone in your family to blow some clouds with you. Place your cotton wool on a start line. With one big blow see how far you can blow your cloud. Make sure you measure and record how far you blow your cloud. You can measure using your hands or Lego blocks.
Hand Span Measuring
Hand Span Measuring
Did you know you can use your hands to measure?
Spread your fingers out as wide as you can - this is one handspan. Ask someone in your whanau to lie down on the floor. Start measuring at their feet by placing one hand on the floor beside them, then the next hand. Make sure not to leave any gaps. Can you measure everyone in your house?
Next measure the sofa, your bed, the dining table, a chair, your favourite toy and your scooter or bike.
Record your answers in your learning journal.
Outdoor Size Hunt
There are many things around us that are BIG and SMALL. You might have a BIG teddy and a SMALL teddy at home.
We are going to explore BIG and SMALL for this activity.
You will need two paper bags.
Head outside to see what you can find in your garden. You will be collecting things that are as SMALL or smaller than your fingernail and things that are as BIG or bigger than your hand.
Step 1...
Draw a picture of a fingernail on one bag
Step 2..
Draw a picture of your hand on the other bag
Step 3..
Collect things from your garden. Sort them into the bags - what is SMALLER than your fingernail and what is BIGGER than your hand?
Frog Jump and Measure
Frog Jump and Measure
You will need...
Painters Tape
Frog Cut Out
Measuring Tape
To Play...
Make a start line on the floor.
Take turns standing at the line and jumping forward as far as you can. Remember to jump with two feet together and bend your legs and jump. Mark the spot where you landed with another piece of tape.
Now measure how far you jumped with the frog. How many frogs long is it?
Now try using something other than a ruler to measure the distance, this is called non standard measurement. For example - Lego, foot steps, spoon etc (it must be the same size) . It’s a great way to begin to understand the concepts of length, width, and height.
Make sure you record the distances...you could have a family competition!
If the Shoe Fits...
If the Shoe Fits...
Listen to the story "If the Shoe Fits" to help understand what non standard measurement is.
Go on a hunt around your house and collect different shoes.
Pick something to measure the length of the shoes with (paper clips, blocks, coins, buttons).
Record how long each shoe is.
Now put the shoes in order from shortest to longest.
Can You Guess Victoria's Height?
Can You Guess Victoria's Height?
Have you ever wondered how tall Victoria is?
Watch Victoria's video and learn all about the competition to see how tall Victoria is.
Click Here to watch the video.
Please email your guess to your classroom teacher. Remember ony one guess per person!
On Friday we will reveal how tall Victoria is and who won the competition.
Prizes to be given when we return to school.
Tip...If you don't have lego blocks at home
10 Lego Blocks = 1 toilet roll inner
5 Lego Blocks = A small packet of raisins
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