Materials
Ruler Roll-out tape measure
Wooden yard stick Folding yard stick
Plastic and fabric tape measures Items to measure: dolls, play cars, books, cups, toy animals and children
Instructions
1. Talk about the names of the tools we use to take measurements.
2. Let the children measure to see which doll is tallest, which car is longest, which cup is widest, which animal is shortest, which book is narrowest, etc.More to doMore science: Measure all the children's heights at the beginning and at the end of the year to see how much they have grown and show them on a ruler. * Make the children's footprints at the beginning of the year by painting their feet with a foam brush and printing on paper, or drawing around the feet with a wide tip pen. * Show the footprint of a baby sister or brother and measure the difference between it and the footprint of a child in the class.
