Round Our Waists

A nice change from measuring height and weight.

Objectives

Children ages 4-5 can point to and name body parts Lang. IA
ages 3-4 years can order objects by length Cog. IIIB
and all children participating will be able to measure the size of body parts.

 
 
 

Materials

Ribbon or cloth tape; butcher paper with words "Round Our Waists" printed at top and room for names to be written along the side; felt pens; glue.
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Procedures

1. Have children sit in a circle on the floor. Tell children that you are going to measure their waists to see how big they are. Have children point to their waists. Have them twist at the waist, bend forward and backwards, sideways. What does the waist help them do?

2. Ask for ideas about how to measure waists. Could you use a yardstick? A ruler?

3. Each child comes in turn to be measured. Put the ribbon around his/her waist and cut to size. Put the child’s name on the ribbon and give it to him/her.

4. After each child has been measured, have children compare ribbons to determine the longest and shortest. Put the name of the child with the longest ribbon at the top of the chart and have him/her glue the ribbon next to the name. Have child with shortest ribbon glue it on bottom of chart with name. Repeat comparisons to find longest and shortest remaining ribbons. Compare to chart and glue in appropriate places.

5. Put chart on bulletin board for discussion.