Over the next couple of weeks we will be developing our skills in measuring. We will investigate units of time, thinking about how long a minute, hour and day are. We will also compare lengths of objects and use centimetres, and in some cases, millimetres to accurately measure them. There are few online activities to help develop skills of measuring length, but lots of practical ideas you can help your child with at home. The most important starting point is to ensure you have a good quality cm ruler (we don't teach measuring in inches). The ruler pictured above is available in supermarkets and in Borders (Paperchase) and costs 4dhs. Simple activites like measuring toys and ordering them from shortest to longest are easily carried out at home. Estimating a length before measuring is an important skill. After a few objects have been measured, your child could then find the difference between two lengths. Below are a couple of links to activities and parent blogs, illustrating some ideas you may want to carry out at home. Below is a link to an online measuring activity. We will also be helping the children to understand how long 1 minute is. Below are some activities which your child can do in 1 minute, to help them understand how long this unit of time lasts.
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