All About Me in Numbers: Math & Measurement Activity for Kids
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How can you describe yourself using only numbers? How tall are you? How many fingers do you have? How long are your arms? How many teeth do you have? There are numbers hiding all over your body!
All About Me in Numbers is a fun printable book that combines a traditional All About Me activity with math, measurement, and human body science.
Instead of simply writing about their favorite things, kids use numbers to learn about themselves—and create a fun keepsake at the same time.
All About Me Math Activity
All About Me activities are especially popular at the beginning of the school year, but they’re fun to do anytime.
This printable takes the idea in a different direction by asking kids to describe themselves with numbers.
The book includes 10 pages filled with questions and activities about children’s bodies and measurements.
Kids will explore things such as:
- How many fingers and toes they have
- How many hands and feet they have
- How tall they are
- How long their arms are
- How long their legs are
- Other numbers and measurements related to their bodies
They’ll even get to explore approximately how long their intestines are!
It’s a fun combination of All About Me, math, measurement, and human anatomy.
Measure Your Body
Have a measuring tape handy because kids will be doing some measuring!
Show children how to line up the beginning of the measuring tape carefully before taking a measurement.
Depending on their age, you can talk about different units of measurement and record measurements in inches, centimeters, or both.
This is a great opportunity to practice:
- Using a measuring tape
- Measuring length and height
- Reading measurement marks
- Recording numbers
- Comparing measurements
- Estimating before measuring
Before measuring each body part, have kids make a prediction.
How long do you think your arm is?
Write down the estimate, measure it, and compare the two numbers.
Were you close?
Compare Body Measurements
If you’re doing this activity with siblings, a homeschool group, or a classroom, you can extend the math by comparing everyone’s results.
Try questions such as:
- Who is tallest?
- Whose arm is longest?
- Is your arm longer or shorter than your leg?
- What’s the difference between your estimate and the actual measurement?
- Do taller people always have longer arms?
Kids can even graph some of the class results for another easy math extension.
Just keep comparisons lighthearted—bodies come in all different shapes and sizes, and that’s part of what makes this activity interesting!
Add Some Human Body Science
This isn’t only a math activity. It’s also an easy introduction to human anatomy.
As kids work through the book, talk about the different parts of the body they’re measuring and what those parts do.
The intestine activity is especially fun because it’s difficult for kids to imagine how such a long organ can fit inside their bodies.
Use a measuring tape, string, or yarn to visualize the approximate length given in the activity. Stretch it across the room and then talk about how the intestines fit inside the abdomen by folding and looping.
It’s a great example of how math can help us understand science.
Make an All About Me Keepsake
One of my favorite things about this activity is that it captures a child at one particular moment in time.
Save the completed book and pull it out a year or two later.
How much have they grown?
Repeat some of the measurements and compare the new results with the old ones.
You could even make completing an All About Me in Numbers book a beginning-of-the-school-year tradition and watch the numbers change from year to year.
Who Is This Activity For?
The All About Me in Numbers book works especially well for preschool through early elementary-age children.
Younger kids may need help measuring and recording their answers, while older children can take measurements more independently and explore estimation, comparison, and differences between measurements.
Use it for:
- Back-to-school activities
- All About Me units
- Math centers
- Measurement lessons
- Human body units
- Homeschool math
- Preschool and kindergarten
- Beginning-of-the-year activities
Get the All About Me in Numbers Printable
Ready to discover all the numbers that make you you? The printable All About Me in Numbers book includes 10 pages of number and measurement activities for kids. Grab a measuring tape and start exploring!
GET THE ALL ABOUT ME IN NUMBERS BOOK!
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This is adorable! My kids would have loved this when they were little.