Frog Jump

Math Skill: Measurements

Ages: 3-5

Number of Students: 4-6

Content Standards:

3.PK: Use appropriate tools and technique of measurement to determine,

estimate, record and verify direct and indirect measurements.

Objectives: Children will learn and gain an understanding of the basic concept of
measurement using tape measure or household items to measure how long or tall
an item is.

Materials: Plastic jumping frogs

Plastic measuring tape

Activity: First give each child one to two plastic jumping frogs and a plastic
measuring tape. Have the children measure the frogs. Have the children measure
how far a frog can jump. Have the children count how many jumps it take a frog to
go 12 inches, 24 inches and 36 inches. Have frog jumping races and see which frog
cn jump the farthest or the fastest. Be creative and think of all the different ways
you can use measurement.

What Happened: I gave each child two plastic frogs of different colors at random.
And I gave each child a measuring tape. I asked the children what do they think we
are going to do with the measure tape. One child said measure. Then i asked what
are we going to measure and another child said the frog. I then had the children to

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measure one frog they had. Then I had the children make the frogs jump which I
showed them how and they followed suit. And I asked the children to measure how
far the frogs jumped. It didn't go as well as planned. So I just allowed the children
to just make the frogs jump which they enjoyed for about 10 minutes or so. Then I
told them to get their measuring tape and asked them to count with me how far the
frogs jumped. Which one child said 1 and another child said two. Once they did
that I had the children use their measuring tape to see how tall their friends were
and I compared the difference with the children. Once they completed that I had
them use the tape measure to see how long things in the classroom were. Some
children measured the cars in the block area. Another child started measuring how
tall he was and they all started measuring themselves. So I decided to change it up
a bit and use the frogs to count the children. I had one child lay on the floor and I
had the other children line frogs up beside her to see how many frogs long she was.
So we took turns with 3 children and then they measured how many frogs long
their friends were on their own.

What Next: You can use different items to measure and different measuring tools
such as rulers or common items like markers, or string. Have the children make a
drawing of their foot and then use it to measure items around the room. You can
also have the children use the frogs to graph them by quantity and color.

Source: Teresa Byington, and Terry Mapson Southern Area Specialist, Early care
and Education at University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

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