Grow Up Great
Note: This is a great activity to do in the fall and again in the spring so children can see how much they grew.
From the moment you are born, you begin to grow. You will get the tallest you will be by the time you are an adult. Your body changes as you get taller; your hair grows, your teeth come in and fall out and grow in again, and you gain weight. All living things need food, water, air, and a safe place to live in order to grow. We all get taller, but at different rates. Most children grow faster during the spring than any other time of the year.
These lessons are aligned with the Common Core State Standards ("CCSS"). The CCSS provide a consistent, clear understanding of the concepts and skills children are expected to learn and guide teachers to provide their students with opportunities to gain these important skills and foundational knowledge.**
From the moment you are born, you begin to grow. You will get the tallest you will be by the time you are an adult. Your body changes as you get taller; your hair grows, your teeth come in and fall out and grow in again, and you gain weight. All living things need food, water, air, and a safe place to live in order to grow. We all get taller, but at different rates. Most children grow faster during the spring than any other time of the year.
How tall you will grow depends mostly on the heights of your parents and grandparents. If most of the people in your family are tall, chances are that you will be tall as well. However, this is not always true; you won’t know how tall you will be until you have reached adulthood.
- Tape measures have a tendency to snap back into their case when released. Take some time to show the children how to correctly handle the tape measures to prevent injury.
- Me and the Measure of Things by Joan Sweeney
- Inch By Inch by Leo Lionni
- Measuring at Home by Jennifer Rozines Roy and Gregory Roy
- Measuring (I Can Do Math) by Marcia S. Gresco
- When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
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There are currently no Common Core Standards for pre-k, but these lessons are aligned as closely as possible to capture the requirements and meet the goals of Common Core Standards. However, these lessons were neither reviewed or approved by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices or the Council of Chief State School Officers, which together are the owners and developers of the Common Core State Standards.
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