Here are five books on Measurement and Data for you and your child to read!
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Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson is about Fannie Farmer helping Marcia learn how to cook. She shows Marcia recipes and has her measure out ingredients. The book even includes recipes for readers to use! It contains beautiful illustrations with a touch Victoria era art work in them. This book is 40 pages long and it is recommended for kids ages 4 - 9.
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Millions to Measure by David M. Schwartz. This book is about a wizard who wants to explore thing like length, weight and even volume measurements. The author also introduces metes, liters, grams and more! The drawings are playful and colorful, which make measuring more entertaining. This book is 40 pages long and best for kids ages 4 - 8.
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Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy. This book focuses on a character named Lisa. Her assignment is to measure one thing multiple ways. She has to use standard measurements and also nonstandard ways to find out height, length, and volume. Lisa decides to measure her dog Penny and learning ensues. This book is 32 pages long and best for kids ages 5 - 8.
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How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz. This book introduces the concept of million, billion and even trillion. The author shows kids that if there were a million goldfish in a bowl, the bowl would need to be big enough to fit a whale. He compares images for children to understand the topic. This book is 40 pages long and it was written for kids ages 4 - 8.
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Me and The Measure of Things by Joan Sweeney. The author introduces the units of measure to the reader. The book shows the differences between a cup and an ounce. The text is easy to follow and the illustrations are joyful and bright. This book is 32 pages long and best for kids ages 3 - 7.
Here are five hands on activities for your child!
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Measuring Penny. By using either your pet or stuffed animal have your child measure them with different nonstandard and standard units. For example, they could measure the length of the animal's tail with pencils. They could measure the width with crayons. On a piece of paper write down two columns, one for length and one for width. Then under each write Crayons, Pencils, Paper Clips, and Ruler with a blank spot next to them. Then let your child measure.
Materials Needed:
Your pet or stuffed animal
Crayons
Pencils
Paper Clips
A Ruler
Materials Needed:
Your pet or stuffed animal
Crayons
Pencils
Paper Clips
A Ruler
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How Big is Your Hand? Have your child lay one hand down and then lay down paper clips next to it to measure how long it is. Then they will count them and write down how many paper clips there are.
Materials Needed:
Their Hand
Paper Clips
Paper
Materials Needed:
Their Hand
Paper Clips
Paper
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Sorting Buttons. Give your kids five cups and various buttons of different colors. Have your child sort the buttons by color into the cups. For example one cup would have blue buttons, another cup would have red, and so on. Then have them count the buttons in each cup and write it down.
Materials needed:
Cups
Buttons
Paper
Materials needed:
Cups
Buttons
Paper
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How Tall am I? This is an activity everyone in your household can do with your child. Have each willing family member lay down while the child measures their height with yarn. You can then tape each piece of yarn on the wall with the individuals picture to show the differences in height between your family members.
Materials Needed:
Yarn
Tape
Scissors
Family Pictures.
Materials Needed:
Yarn
Tape
Scissors
Family Pictures.
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Zoo Animal Race to the Top. Create a graph with 6 different animals. You can take a pair of dice and tape a picture of an animal on each side. Have the child roll the dice and each animal that it lands on, have them fill out the graph by coloring in a block. The first animal to have a bar filled in wins.
Materials Needed:
Paper with a graph
6 animals
Dice
Crayons
Materials Needed:
Paper with a graph
6 animals
Dice
Crayons