Oscar was very eager to share and talk about a library book that he had taken home about size. This prompted a small groups of boys to begin comparing the height and length of models that they have made.  This is an ongoing interest.  Rulers, tape measures and numberlines  have been provided to enable the children to extend their play in addition to a vartiety of construction materials.

You can support this new interest at home by encouraging your children to use words like bigger, smaller, longer and shortest when they are playing.  You could also provide measuring tapes, rulers etc for them to use when engaged in supervised play.  The height chart in the nursery corridor is also available for you to use with your child at  nursery drop off and collection.  There is a whiteboard pen provided next to the chart for you to write your child’s name adjacent to their height on the measuring chart.