Measurement

During the afternoon some of the students were busy working with the link cubes and creating a variety of patterns with the cubes. I approached the small group and asked them to use the cubes to measure some things. One of the boys used the cubes to measure the width of the table they were working on.

 

 

Then a girl decided to measure the play dough placemat to see if it took more or less cubes than the table. She said, "I think it will take less cubes because it is smaller than that part of the table". She was very excited to know that she was correct.

 

 

Next I asked the students how they could tell that one was longer than the other and the results were well thought out because one of the students placed the two links together to show one was longer than the other and the girl took the placement and put it on the table to show it was shorter. The students are encouraged to use the mathematical terms of longer, shorter, less, and more.

 

Both the students remember to make sure the objects were lined up together evenly. Great math was happening in the Kindergarten room this afternoon.