Concepts of measurement in relation to time in the early years
3 big key ideas for measurement:
Compensatory, smaller units need more
Approximation, make a guess
Recursive partitioning, if it doesn't fit you'll have to break it into parts
3 concepts
1. Attribute
2. Unit
3. Scale
Refer to book 9, pgs 3-4
Stage 1
All about comparisons
Word bank, see PowerPoint
Children given plates and put on clock where they think they go
Correct number order
Placing of numbers, spacing even
12 at top, 6 at bottom (half)
Length of a minute, stand up and sit down when you thin one minute is up
Tea towel calendar
Level 3, concept of time
Level 4, concept of scale
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