Measuring Pumpkins for Halloween (Lesson Plan)
A complete lesson plan and activity for teaching Reception children about measurement.
The lesson plan guides you with teaching how to estimate and find out by measuring with units such as interlocking cubes (ideal units for young children). It also teaches children positional and mathematical language when, for example, identifying relative position and comparison (bigger than, the same as, next to).
Areas of Learning/ Learning Objectives are included to show what the children are learning from this plan. The Areas of Learning are taken from Development Matters.
The lesson plan guides you with teaching how to estimate and find out by measuring with units such as interlocking cubes (ideal units for young children). It also teaches children positional and mathematical language when, for example, identifying relative position and comparison (bigger than, the same as, next to).
Areas of Learning/ Learning Objectives are included to show what the children are learning from this plan. The Areas of Learning are taken from Development Matters.