Today we made Measurement Christmas Trees for a school/craft activity. The original idea was on a Kindergarten blog and entailed having the kids order the green strips from largest to smallest. That was a perfect activity for the 3 year old, with a little help from me. I'd put two strips out and ask him "Which one is bigger?", let him choose, and help him glue them on.
The smallest to largest part was way easy for the 5 and 9 year olds so I took it a step beyond and had them actually measure their strips and write how many inches each one was on said strip. This was great measuring practice for the 5 year old and we also talked a bit about fractions when a measurement would come up as 1/2 or 1/4. It was nice reinforcement for the 9 year old, who has been studying fractions, as well.
Once that was done, the kids got to paint snowflakes on using Q-tips. They all had a lot of fun "dot, dot, dotting" their projects.
This was a fun and educational project, perfect for preschool through kindergarten, and even beyond!
(The 9 year old asked me to specify that his tree is the one on the far right.) : )
I'm totally going to do that!
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