Children's understanding of measure will be enhanced by a range of cheap and readily available resources, for use in free play, combined with a variety of planned activities.
Resources
Settings should always make available to children:
* objects for comparing, ordering and sequencing by length, such as ribbons and tapes, hobby horses with different length necks, beads and laces for making necklaces, plastic-covered wire, rope
* objects for comparing, ordering and sequencing by volume (more informally 'size'), such as nesting dolls, cutlery and play people
* materials for comparing, ordering and sequencing by weight: a simple bucket balance and sand, water, feathers, cotton wool, stones, conkers, balloons, and containers for these materials where necessary
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