KINDERGARTEN MEASUREMENT AND DATA

This page provides sample Kindergarten Measurement and Data tasks and games from our Kindergarten Math Centers eBook. Try out the sample Kindergarten Measurement and Data centers listed in blue under each Common Core State Standard or download the eBook and have all the Number, Geometry, Measurement and Data Centers you’ll need for the entire school year in one convenient digital file. With over 170 easy-prep, engaging centers this resource will simplify your math lesson planning and make hands-on math instruction an integral part of your classroom.

Teaching in a state that is implementing their own specific math standards? Download our Kindergarten Correlations document for cross-referenced tables outlining the alignment of each state's standards with the CCSS-M, as well as the page numbers in our Kindergarten Math Centers eBook related to each standard.

Teaching in Australia? This resource is also available for the Foundation Year outcomes as written in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics.

Describe and compare measurable attributes

K.MD.A.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
Sample Activities:
Measurement Sentence Frames: Set 1 - Comparing Lengths
Concept Book: What is Heavy?
Concept Book: What is Long?
Also included in K Math Centers:
Using a Balance Scale
Measurement Sentence Frames: Set 2 - Comparing Weight
Concept Book: What is Light?
Concept Book: What is Short
Concept Book: What is Tall?

K.MD.A.2 Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of/less of” the attribute, and describe the differences.
Sample Activities:
Is it Longer?
Comparing Towers (v. 1)
Which is Heavier? (v. 1)
Also included in K Math Centers:
Is it Shorter?
Shorter or Longer?
Comparing Towers (v. 2)
Which is Heavier? (v. 2)
Which Weighs More?
Which is Longer?

Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category

K.MD.B.3 Classify objects into given categories; count the number in each category and sort the categories by count. (Limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10)
Sample Activities:
Which Has More? (v. 1)
2D Shape Sort (v. 1)
Sort and Count
Also included in K Math Centers
Button Sort
Which Has More (v. 2)
Which Has More (v. 3)
Which Has More (v. 4)
2D Shape Sort (v. 2)
Sorting Attribute Blocks
Solid Shape Sort

ADDITIONAL KINDERGARTEN MEASUREMENT AND DATA RESOURCES

Identify coins by name and value
Sample Activity:
Coin Sort
Also included in K Math Centers:
Penny Cup
Dime Stack
Coin Puzzles
Coin Bump (v. 1-2)

Name in sequence days of the week
Sample Activity:
Days of the Week Book Template
Included in K Math Centers:
Days of the Week
Ordering Events

Answer yes/no questions to collect information and make simple inferences
Included in K Math Centers:
My Survey