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How Big Is a Foot? | 
 enlarge | Author: Rolf Myller
Publisher: Yearling
Category: Book
List Price: $4.50
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 4337
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0440404959
EAN: 9780440404958
Publication Date: August 1, 1991
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Product Description
The King wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should be?
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 Great for introducing the need for a standard of measurement January 23, 1999
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
This story is an excellent source to use with children who are beginning to learn about measurement. It enables them to see that there is a need for a standard unit of measure in the world. It is an amusing tale that will start children thinking without them knowing it!
Great intro to measurement concepts January 15, 2006
Carolyn (Florida, USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a cute little story about a king commissioning a bed to be made for the queen. The measurements given a 3ft by 6 ft. That is...3 KINGS ft by 6 KINGS ft. Too bad the carpenter is as small as a Kindergartener! Well, nearly.
My daughter (5) and I read this story and then compared each other's feet. We used outlines of our feet to measure items around the room and discussed why the measurements were different. We got out the measuring tape and discussed WHY we need a standard of measurement. Helped introduce measurement concepts in an easy way.
Helpful book! March 25, 2006
SandiLee
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am a kindergarten teacher. I read this book to my students to introduce to them how to compare standard and nonstandard units of measurement as well as to highlight the need for uniform measuring tools. How Big is a Foot? clearly illustrates the difference between the length of a person's foot and a foot long ruler. After reading this book we made tracings of our own feet and cut out foot long foot shapes to make an outline of our own beds that were 4 ft x 6 ft. That was a graphic illustration of the concepts covered in this book - the children loved it! I highly recommend How Big is a Foot? to primary teachers!
three kids-six feet November 15, 2004
Regina Ortega (tucson, az usa)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read the book to my three younger cousins. They really enjoyed it and thought it was funny. After reading them the story I showed them how big a foot is, then we made an outline of each of thier foot and I showed them how many of their feet made a real foot. This book was a great intro to teaching kids about measurement.
good introduction to measurement June 6, 2006
T. Glasscock (Texas)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a Kindergarten teacher, and I used this book with my class when we studied measurement. It was a great way to show the students why it is necessary to have standard units of measure. They really liked it.
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