Good morning boys and girls, I hope you are all well. Today we are going to attempt a numeracy activity involving measurement.
In the house you could look at your toys and see which are the biggest and smallest. You could also look at a variety of household items such as cups, cutlery etc – what is the longest? the widest? the shortest or the narrowest? You could use a range of resources such as rulers, measuring tapes, hands or even bricks (lego) to measure each item, eg what numbers are on the ruler ? which one did you stop at? how many bricks did you need ?
Within the family you could draw around each others hands and feet …..
Question 1 Whose is the largest?
Question 2 Whose is the smallest?
Question 3 Whose hand size is the in the middle?
If you’re going out a wee walk with the family, look around, what can you see – tall/short trees, long/short twigs, big/small pebbles etc.
Remember and have fun, draw lots of pictures or take photos and send them to me at
rena.dornan@eastayrshire.org.uk
Curricular areas covered.
Numeracy – mathematical language, counting, number recognition and problem solving, measurement
Literacy – mark making, pencil control, asking and answering questions.
HWB – Using your senses to explore the world around you
