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Activity Mat 1: Measuring Snakes with Bricks

Measuring Snakes with Bricks Activity Mat 1

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Curriculum Strand Unit: Length

Learning objectives
The child should be enabled to -
• Develop an understanding of the concept of length through exploration, discussion, and
use of appropriate vocabulary
• Discuss objects in the environment: Long/short, tall/short, wide/narrow, longer, shorter,
wider than, longest, shortest, as long as, as wide as
• Sort objects according to length
• Estimate and measure length in non-standard units. Estimate, and check by measuring,
for example, how many bricks long is each snake? Guess, check and discuss.

• Select and use appropriate non-standard units to measure length, width or height.
Discuss reasons for choice.
• Present simple problems: How can we find out which is wider, the door or the table?
Which unit will we use (bricks, lollipop sticks or pencils)?
• Compare and order objects according to height. (See Brick Buildings activity mat)

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