Measuring- maths is here, there and everywhere!

Maths helps us to explore the world around us.  This week we have begun to investigate different things to measure as well as different ways of measuring. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn some new language and new maths skills.

Some of us went outside and wondered about the different things we can measure in our vegetable boxes: the height, the width, how much soil is in them, how much water do the plants need and even how many plants could we put in them? (we will be working on them soon!)

Some of us have been investigating how to measure using blocks, thinking about that is longer, shorter or the same.

Using a ruler to measure can be a bit of a challenge because they all look a bit different. Finding the zero mark can change! Here we are measuring different things with increasing accuracy.

We are measuring our fingers! We found out that most of our nails on our thumbs were about 1cm.