2006-06-13 11:18:37 · 14 answers · asked by Geri S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
I think this will work with this age group been a while I have work with Children this age.
I like the Glass of water. This is fun to do! Take two DIFFERENT Glasses, one narrow and tall and one short and fat! Then in front of the Children fill a Measuring Cup with ONE cup of water. Pour into glass number one. Then repeat pouring into glass number two! ;-D Ask them to pick which glass has the most water!!! Hee, Hee. It so fun, most times they pick the Tall narrow glass because, well, it look like MORE!! Ha!!! Then you can explain Measurement Concept using the measuring cup, show them it the Exact same! BUT, because the glasses are shaped Different, one look like it have more! Hope you understand what I saying. Then you can work from here to TEACH the importance of using different measuring Devices to Really know what is correct!! It a blast! Just be Patience, as, it can take time for Children to see this Concept.
IK has a good one with the Candy Bar. What I do is a one-on-one here, so fun, you take a candy bar and say you going to half it with a Child. Then Break it uneven (3/4-1/4) and measure the two pieces side by side so the child see one is bigger!!! Then you keep the big one and give the smaller to the Child, hopefully he/she will respond yours bigger! Then you say sorry and put the two pieces back together, so child sees, and Bite them off even eating that part, then you say; "there, now it even", and hand them a piece!!! It is GREAT!!!!! Then you can use a Ruler to show how this could have been done Fair!
HEY!!!! Better add this, IF, you do the candy bar, be sure you know what candy a child can have. As, in, Dibetic etc. AND, be prepared to gain a little weight! ;-p AND, have a whole candy for them to take home, then, they not feel cheated!
2006-06-13 11:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can start by saying that a long time ago people used to measure with their hands and feet--that is how the concept of the foot came in--
Ask them why that may not work, Tell them to look at all their classmates hands and feet and see if they come up with something--Hopefully they will say every body has different sizes--then introduce the ruler---explain that 12 inches make a foot---
pick some objects and have them guess the size, write it down, then have them buddy up to measure--if you neen any other ideas let me know
Hope this helps
2006-06-13 18:22:15 · answer #2 · answered by shortygoldstein 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell two children you have a candy bar for them to share. Say that it must be divided equally in two (or more for more kids) parts.
If you have two, tell one he or she will cut it into equal parts and the other will get the first pick. Provide a ruler and a knife (supervise use of knife for safety).
For 1st graders, you might give a lesson on inches and rulers first. Repeat the exercise with sets of two kids until every has a chance.
2006-06-13 18:25:38 · answer #3 · answered by IK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a hands-on experiment. Bake a cake together. Learn how to measure how wide it is, etc. This would be lots of fun! Especially, while measuring ingredients, learning how to use a ruler- inches/cm's, etc.
2006-06-13 18:22:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make slots in a large cardboard box in widths from one inch wide to twelve inches wide. Mark each slot with its width. Give the kids rulers, scissors and five pieces of construction paper. Have each child pick a folded piece of paper, with four measurements written on it, out of a bag. Using the five pieces of construction (five chances) let them cut a piece for each width they picked.
2006-06-13 18:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by Nozall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start them off by measuring each of their heights as they stand against a large paper taped to the wall. This will gain their intial interest and it is results they can see.
2006-06-13 18:27:53 · answer #6 · answered by soozemusic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get some of that gum that comes in a 6ft roll - I think its called Tape Gum or Gummy Tape or something like that. They can learn to measure it and then chew the gum.
2006-06-13 18:23:12 · answer #7 · answered by SimonSays 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think a good way would be to have them measure each other's height. You could do it in standard and metric and they'd have fun discovering who's the tallest and shortest. Then they could keep track and see who grows the most every month.
2006-06-13 18:25:04 · answer #8 · answered by Patrick B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have each kid measure their arm-span fingertip to finger tip. Then add them together in different ways. Billy + Janet = 7ft... The whole class = 84ft...
2006-06-13 18:24:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the bottle caps off of plastic coke or pepsi bottles (20 oz bottles) They are 1 inch wide.
2006-06-13 18:22:59 · answer #10 · answered by miss_chrissy_dawn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋