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Mathematical play
Measuring
Length, area
and perimeter
Volume
Weighing
Money
Time and planning
Weighing
Weighing is all about experiencing differences in weight. The main goal for children is to understand
and use concepts such as heavy, light, and equal. Determining the weight of certain objects with one’s
hands or a scale and discovering that the weight of an object does not always seem to correspond
with its size are activities which stimulate the development of weighing.
Scales
Balance weights or compare the weight of various objects. Learn to describe
what happens to the scale and why. (Weights available separately).
Children will begin to classify objects as heavy / light,
despite object size.
Contents: beech wood scale (40 x 15 cm),
2 pans - plastic (ø 17.5 cm), manual.
Plastic weights
Plastic weights are easy to handle and durable.
Pairs are equally weighted to show balance
and equality. Use with Scales (522.185).
Contents: 2 solid beech woodblocks, 4 plastic weights
each, ranging from 4 - 7 cm in height, manual.
Weight tubes
Plastic tubes with various weights. Explore the
difference between heavy and light. Weight tubes
engage abstract thinking with ideas involving
‘more than’ and ‘less than’ with equally
sized objects.
Contents: wooden stand (38 x 13 cm) with
12 recessed holes, 12 plastic weight tubes, manual.
522.832
plastic weights
522.185
scales
available separately
522.186
extra set of plastic pans
522.821
weight tubes