Measurement is the use of the senses to quantify something in the environment. Enhanced measurement is the use of a device to quantify something beyond the senses. Like a thermometer.
During the years the Child learns to count and read numbers
she needs to have things to count, things numbers describe: bead chains, number rods, blocks, knives, forks and spoons, batteries, teeth on a gear, nuts and bolts. She needs devices that generate numbers for those realities, that measure: rulers, scales and clocks which are all already present in every primary classroom. She also needs devices that indicate and measure energy. Below are readily available, inexpensive examples that that present a summary of the curriculum in a series of tools that are well within the child's capabilities to learn to use. Some are electronic. Some are mechanical. Some the child can actually build from the electric circuit set. Review these items here or browse Measurement in The Physics Shop.
During the years the Child learns to count and read numbers
she needs to have things to count, things numbers describe: bead chains, number rods, blocks, knives, forks and spoons, batteries, teeth on a gear, nuts and bolts. She needs devices that generate numbers for those realities, that measure: rulers, scales and clocks which are all already present in every primary classroom. She also needs devices that indicate and measure energy. Below are readily available, inexpensive examples that that present a summary of the curriculum in a series of tools that are well within the child's capabilities to learn to use. Some are electronic. Some are mechanical. Some the child can actually build from the electric circuit set. Review these items here or browse Measurement in The Physics Shop.