Children's ability to understand measure is covered by the early learning goal, 'Use language such as "greater", "smaller", "heavier" or "lighter" to compare quantities' (Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage, p80). Practitioners need to be aware of how children may progress towards this goal if they are to assess children's development correctly.
Stepping stones
The main stepping stones are:
* Observe and use positional language
* Use size language such as 'big'/'little'
* Match objects by recognising similarities
* Show curiosity, talk about and compare objects and shapes, how they are the same or different
* Order two items by length or height
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