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Measurement and Estimation

Ever since we started receiving the More Math and More Literacy workbooks from Mother Goose Time as an add on to our normal monthly curriculum I have noticed such a difference in my sons learning. He loves these workbooks. He likes having workbooks to do while his older sister is doing her work and I like that they provide extra practice in the skills he is developing. Earlier this week we worked on estimation and measurement. He started off by cutting out the different sized moths and a ruler. I let him cut them out so he could get better at his cutting skills, he still has a little trouble with this but did a very good job cutting out the moths.


After cutting them out we spread them out on the table and I asked him to put them in order from largest to smallest. I asked him to guess by looking at them which was the largest and once he picked the biggest one out we used the ruler to measure it. Then I asked him to pick out the next biggest moth and we measured that one as well and them compared the measurements with the last one.  He did so well with the ruler and loved counting and comparing the moths measurements.


After we finished estimating which moth came next and then measuring to see if we were correct we decided to compare their colors. I asked him to arrange them from darkest to lightest. He was able to figure this very quickly.


He was so proud of himself after this activity and used his ruler to measure all kinds of things around the house. We made a game out of finding something either longer or shorter then things we measured.

Later in the day he wanted to do another page so we chose one where we looked at pictures made of shapes and then circled which shapes were used to make the picture. He also got to draw a picture of a bug on his own. He didn't really use the shapes from the worksheet to make an animal but he did draw an awesome bee. He loved this worksheet.




I am so excited to be getting these worksheets and cant wait to continue using them with him to see how his learning continues to grow and change. The pages are cute and engaging and fit perfectly with the monthly theme. At first I was worried that they would be to difficult for him, and some of the pages are a little hard. He isn't ready for some of the higher counting and struggles with the addition and subtraction pages but I do them with him and I know it will eventually click. So the workbooks seem to give great review on the skills he is already good at or developing, and also give great exposure to some of the more difficult concepts.




*Mother Goose Time has generously provided this curriculum to us in exchange for our stories and honest opinions*


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