- Learn about days in a week and months in a year
- Read a calendar to find the date
- Estimate, measure, and compare lengths using non-standard units such as paper clips, straws, and snap cubes
- Estimate, measure, and compare the distance around an object using non-standard units
- Estimate, measure, and compare masses using balance scales and non-standard units such as beads, blocks, and snap cubes
- Solve everyday problems about measurement
You can play the games below with you child and help your child achieve these goals with these activities:
- Have your child compare and order objects in your home using words such as longest/shortest and heaviest/lightest, and ask your child to explain how they compared them
- Make a weekly calendar with your child and talk about the family schedule and what happens on each day of the week
- Have your child identify the day of the week and the date tomorrow and yesterday
- Mark a calendar for the current month with your child to show the dates of any holidays and special events
- Make a chart of the months of the year and record the birthdays of family members and friends
- Choose 3 objects in your home that you and your child can measure and order by length (such as kitchen utensils or sports equipment) using units such as paper clips or unsharpened pencils
- Ask your child to explain why you need to use the same units for each length when ordering lengths
- Your child can measure objects and distances in your home using their hand span, arm span, giant steps, or heel-to-toe steps
- Encourage your child to estimate before measuring
- Have children use non-standard units to measure around the wrists and ankles of different family members or friends and have them compare and order the measurements
- Have your child estimate the masses of objects at home
- For example ask, "About how many of these spoons are as heavy as this bowl?"
- Invite your child to practice measuring length, height, distance around, and mass while helping to purchase new clothes or recording their growth