12 inches = 1 foot
36 inches = 1 yard
3 feet = 1 yard
60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 hour
24 hours = 1 day
16 ounces = 1 pound
12 things = 1 dozen things
7 days = 1 week
4 weeks = 1 month
30/31 days = 1 month
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
366 days = 1 leap year
ABBREVIATIONS
inches = in. seconds = sec.
foot/feet = ft. minute = min.
yard = yd.
hours = hr.
ounces = oz.
pound = lb.
month = mo.
cups = c.
pint = pt.
quart = qt.
gallon = gal.
12 months = 1 year
365 days = 1 year
52 weeks = 1 year
year = yr.
mile= mi.
Doctor = Dr.
Mister = Mr.
Mistress=Mrs.
centimeter = cm
meter = m
gram = g
kilogram = kg
100 centimeters = 1 meter
1,000 grams = 1 kilogram
CALENDAR
January (Jan.)
February (Feb.)
March (Mar.)
April (Apr.)
May
June
day = da.
week = wk.
DAYS OF THE WEEK
Sunday (Sun.)
Thursday (Thurs.)
Monday (Mon.) Friday (Fri.)
Tuesday (Tues.) Saturday (Sat.)
Wednesday (Wed.)
July
August (Aug.)
September (Sept.)
October (Oct.)
November (Nov.)
December (Dec.)
Know the months of the year and the days of the week. Know how to SPELL the names of each of these. Make
sure your child knows that May, June, and July have no abbreviation because they are so short. If your child were
asked for the abbreviation for those then he/she would just write the entire name again.
MONEY FACTS
1 penny = 1 ¢
1 dime = 10 ¢
1 nickel = 5 ¢
1 quarter = 25 ¢
1 half-dollar = 50 ¢
1 dollar = $1.00
5 pennies = 1 nickel
10 pennies = 1 dime
25 pennies = 1 quarter
100 pennies = 1 dollar
1 quarter = 25 cents
2 quarters = 50 cents
3 quarters = 75 cents
4 quarters = 1 dollar
Practice adding money to make small amounts like:
2 dimes & 1 nickel = 25 cents
1 quarter & 1 dime = 35 cents
2 quarters & 1 nickel = 55 cents
CLOCKS
Teach clock-wise and counter clock-wise. Be able to read the Hour, Half-hour, quarter hour, and by 5 minute intervals. (A
regular watch teaches quicker than a digital watch.) Student MUST understand how to write time correctly showing hour and
minutes.
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PARENTS - In order to learn any type of measurement requires HANDS ON activities. Sit down with your child and count
pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, etc. Practice with an old clock. Practice seeing, saying, and writing time and money. Get
the yardstick and measure the length of a room, bed, table, etc. Let your child help make cookies and cakes. Give your child
his/her own calendar so the weeks, months, etc. can be easily seen. THROUGH EXPERIENCE these different
measurements will begin to take root in the mind and will gain importance in your child’s life.
USE 3 X 5 index cards and make flashcards for practice OR find ready-made flashcards at K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Office Supply
Stores, or Stone School Supply. (they are more expensive at Stone’s)