Measure me

Hello!!

How are you doing today?

Today I wanted to share with you an idea for starting to use some measurement units with kids from the first course of Primary Education.

It is an activity that I could put in practice when I was doing my first internship in a school, and it was a total success (I hope you love it too!). I called it "My first numbers".

The aim of the activity was to make a card with each student information that we will use as a part of the class decoration.

So, the first thing we did was to collect the information. The kids had to ask their parents some questions: Which was my weight when I was born? Which was my height? When did I start saying the first words? When did I get my first teeth? Once they did this, we measured each student’s height and weight in the class. With all this information, they could now start filling their own cards. Once they wrote it, they pasted a picture of them when they were babies on it.

With all the cards created, the students could compare the differences between their numbers when they were newborns and their information now, and they really loved it! It was also a great idea to place all these cards around the class, it was fun!

Furthermore, if you make it a bit more complex, introducing more information, you can use it with higher level students.

Share pictures with us if you bring it to your classes!

Thanks for reading!