Measuring length activities kindergarten

Measurement activities build kids' understanding by exploring weight, length, capacity, and area in hands-on ways using rulers and non-standard units.

Teaching measurement to a kindergarten class is hard!!! I think it's one of the most challenging units, mainly because there's so much to measurement (length, height, weight, temperature, capacity) and some concepts (such as where to start measuring and where to end!) can be difficult for students to fully understand. I created my Measurement in Kindergarten unit keeping these things in mind. All of the activities are hands-on and have students learning through play. When I start planning…

Help kindergarteners compare length & use appropriate vocabulary with this FREE "Shorter and Longer" activity. Great hands on practice for comparing length.

Non-standard measurement activity - students measure the length of their shoe using cubes. They compare the length of their shoe using longer and shorter. Free download!

Made this chart for my kindergarten math unit on measurement

Measuring Length activities that are PERFECT for little learners! My students loved this name activity, too!

Hi friends! Today I'm going to post about how I taught measuring length this year. As always here is the unit plan and lessons outlined for easy planning if you want to follow along with my lessons! Click on the image to download it as a pdf for free! I always start my measurement unit by talking about shorter and longer. First we introduced the vocabulary short, shorter, long and longer and then completed this chart whole class. I had strips of construction paper ready and I had the…

Length of My Shoe - measure the length of your shoe using cubes.

How to teach Kindergarten measurement on length and compare objects. Teacher lesson on measurement Kindergarten math centers.

Printable Measuring Length Activity Mats. Indirect measurement.