Measuring Mayhem!!

 

We are so blessed to have a wood working space for the children outside.  The older ones have been very involved in building things with scraps of wood, hammers, and nails.  While they were making their creations, some became very interested in the tape measure.  They started measuring the table, the wood pieces, their hammers, and anything else they could find.  What fun math they were already doing and we decided to support it by putting many other measuring tools inside the classroom to use during choice time as well.  The children went crazy measuring anything and everything they could from the items in math center, to the morning meeting rug, to the walls of the classroom, to their friends, and so much more.  Here are some learning moments we had with the children during their week of measuring mayhem:

                                    

 

Teacher:      What can you do if you want to know how tall someone is?

Sonya:         You measure them.

Teacher:      What can you use to measure them?

Sanford:       A toy (pointing to tape measure).

All:              A ruler.

Teacher:       What other things can we use to measure?

Fransiscar:   A stick.

Ruth:           Some grass.

Sonya:          A rope.

Teacher:       What were you doing at the math center?

Sanford:       Measuring.

Teacher:       What things were you measuring?

Oripa:           Our friends at school.

Jobby:           The table.

Anita:            Pipes.

Teacher:        Did you all use the same thing to measure?

All:                No.

Teacher:        What different things did you use?

Jobby:            A ruler.

Orient:           Grass.

Loson:           Tape measure.

 

 

Fain:              Look Florence, I am taller than you.

Memorial:      I am taller than you.

Kain:              No, I am taller than all of you.

Teacher:         What can we do to find out who is the tallest?

Kain:              We can use a tape measure.

Teacher:         So, who is the tallest?

Kain:              Fain is taller then me.

Crinet:           Chanto, hold here so we can measure this rag.

Teacher:         What is the length of this rag?

Chanto:          I don’t know.

Teacher:         Let’s count these numbers…

Chanto:          One…two!

Teacher:         Yes, two meters long!  Nice counting!

Ackinstone:    Look, I am measuring these blocks.

Rachel:            I want to count how many feet are in this ruler.