Tuesday July 21st / Preschool Chalk Outlines
Preschooler
You need:
chalk
body outline
blocks
This activities objective is to introduce your preschooler to measuring. Measuring as a concept should be introduced using objects, not a ruler.
1. Have your child lay on the ground and draw their outline with chalk.
2. Bring your blocks outside and only use blocks that are the same size.
3. Ask your child how many blocks long they think their arm is (hypothesis).
4. Lay out the blocks first and them count them.
Tip: Do not use only one block and move it, they will not have the same depth of understanding as they will if they can visually see the blocks lined up along the arm.
5. Tell them "Your arm is ________ blocks long!"
6. Now ask, "How many blocks do you think your leg is?"
7. Repeat all steps! Move on to their head, hands, etc.
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