During activity time, Alessia took the chocolate box and placed measuring cubes inside the box. "I'm measuring inside the chocolate box" Then Alessia wrote the results on a piece of paper. Afterwards Alessia began measuring how long the wax paper box is with different coloured measuring cubes. In addition, Alessia went back to the cholocate box and traced the outline of the box on the paper. She began to go around the outline of the box and write down numbers.
In the Full Day Kindergarten Curriculum children begin to.. M2.2 demonstrate through investigation, an awareness of non-standard measuring devices (string or cubes to measure length) and standard measuring devices (measuring tape) and strategies for using them.
Carmen and Miranda were using measuring tape to investigate how tall the wall is in the classroom.
