The well-being of our new guinea pig

With the arrival of our new guinea pig to KIDSPACE enabled me to provide the children with a fun mathematical learning activity consisting of weighing and measuring of our new pet. First we put him into a ice-cream container and put him on the scales - 300gms. Next measurement was his length and waist - this was a bit more of a challenge due to movement and speed of our new pet. In the end we had to use a piece of string against a ruler resulting in waist measurements of 18cm and length 19cm. Over the next few week the children and I will continue to monitor the progress and well-being of our new pet. Within this activity children develop mathematical vocabulary and concepts to communicate complex ideas such as weight, shape, size. Ann, February