Kindergartners at Valley Road School in Clark in Meghan Zampella’s class learned about measuring by using their feet. Students traced their feet then measured items around the room with the cutouts. They learned how to mark their spot and move their cut out foot to count the number of feet.
Students then compared feet sizes and why this is not a reliable way to measure. The next day students used rulers to measure. The class listened to a story the teacher told about a boy who needed to build a bed but it was too small when he used his feet to measure but was the right size when he used a ruler; during the story students helped measure out how big the bed would be in each situation.