SuitabookMeasuring Me
Nicola Kent
- Reading
- Read it interactively rather than rushing through: pause at each comparison, predict what might be taller or heavier, then use safe everyday objects for simple comparisons. Treat the pull-out chart as an optional extension.
- Themes
- Making measurement relatable: The book presents measuring through the human body and familiar objects such as food cans and washing, and includes ideas about body electricity and veins. Measurement is presented as something that can be explored through everyday comparisons, with abstract scale made more tangible.
- Bodies represented in varied ways: The pictured cast includes children with a tracheostomy collar, head scarf, walker and glasses, as well as children without obvious visible disabilities. The range of pictured children suggests visual variety, but the available details cannot establish how these characters are developed or positioned.
- Worth knowing
- Some bodily comparisons are imaginative or very large in scale, including electricity and veins. You may want to distinguish playful comparisons from measurements children could carry out directly, without presenting every claim as a precise experiment.