{"id":71881,"date":"2020-05-11T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=71881"},"modified":"2020-06-02T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:09:27","slug":"measure-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/kindergarten-landing-page\/kindergarten-2\/lets-focus\/measure-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Measure Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Let\u2019s Focus<\/h5>\n<p class=\"intro\">Sometimes it&#8217;s all about the simplest things. Whenever we\u2019re struggling, it\u2019s great to go back to basics. So in an effort to keep it super simple, here are some easy ideas that kids love. Most of all, they will appreciate spending a little time together \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>Show your child how to use string or yarn to \u201cmeasure\u201d parts of their body. Have them put out their arm and hold the string along the length of their arm. Cut the string and hold it out: How long is it? Can your child compare it to other body parts? Can your child measure your arm?<\/p>\n<p>Reference<br \/>\nAdapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vroom.org\/\">https:\/\/www.vroom.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#whatchildlearning\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"whatchildlearning\">What is my child learning?<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"whatchildlearning\" class=\"collapse\">\n<div class=\"well\">\n<p>Your child is building a strong foundation for learning when you help them understand how one thing, like string, can stand for something else, like the length of their arm. They&#8217;re exploring math ideas, like measuring and comparing, by actually doing them\u2014the best way for children to learn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your child is building a strong foundation for learning when you help them understand how one thing, like string, can stand for something else, like the length of their arm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":73584,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71881","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-kindergarten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71881\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}