Age range
5 years old
Development benefits
- Cognitive Development: Builds measurement concept.
- Physical Development: Strengthens fine motor handling.
Take place in
Indoors (table).
How to play
- Compare two rulers and ask which is longer.
- Let your child measure a real object using a ruler.
- Try measuring the same object with a different-sized ruler.
- Talk about why the measurement might look different.
Perfect for
- Cognitive: measurement
- Language: comparison words
Expert tip
Measuring the same object with different-sized rulers is a gentle, hands-on introduction to the idea of units.
