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Children work together to explore standard and nonstandard measurement as they hunt for objects that are one-foot long. Later, they’ll work together to create a collaborative story about the items they find.

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Related Programming Resources

Related Links Helping Children Understand Measurement Using a Ruler
Measuring with Inches
PBS KIDS Lab | Virtual Pre-K | Let's Measure: In the Classroom
PBS KIDS Measure Up! | PBS KIDS Lab
Measurement
Measuring Length (First Grade) | Teaching Tips
Go on a Length Hunt
Originating Source This activity was contributed by the Bay Area Discovery Museum. ©2017 Bay Area Discovery Museum. For more information and resources see BayAreaDiscoveryMuseum.org
Related Books
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Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy (Also available in Braille )
How long or how wide? : a measuring guide by Brian P Cleary
Peg + Cat: The Puddle by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson
How Tall, How Short, How Far Away by David A Adler and Nancy Tobin (Also available in Braille )
How to measure everything : a fun first guide to the math of measuring by Sean McArdle and Molly Lattin
Inch by inch by Leo Lionni
Super sand castle Saturday by Julia Gorton
How tall? : wacky ways to compare height by Mark Weakland and Igor Sinkovec (Also available in Chinese )
If the shoe fits by Jennifer Dussling and Deborah Melmon (Also available in Chinese and Spanish )
How long? : wacky ways to compare length by Jessica Gunderson and Igor Sinkovec
Me and the measure of things by Joan Sweeney and Katie Kath
Ants rule : the long and short of it by Bob Barner

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One Foot Wonders

One Foot Wonders

Children work together to explore standard and nonstandard measurement as they hunt for objects that are one-foot long. Later, they’ll work together to create a collaborative story about the items they find.