ABSTRACT

Young children are fascinated with measurement concepts.  They are constantly measuring how big, how tall, how much, how far, and how heavy they are compared to their friends.  In daily experiences such as choosing the biggest brownie or pouring juice into too small a glass, children use and develop their intuitive notions of comparing volume, area, length, and other attributes they will eventually learn to measure.  As adults, we often think of measurement in terms of formulas, rulers, and graduated cylinders.  But young children encounter measurement in many contexts every day as they explore and try to make sense of their world (Copley, 2000, p.125).