Your little train drivers can become measuring experts with this shortest to longest trains worksheet!
Help your children develop their understanding of length, practice sequencing, and finetune those fine motor skills.
This transport-themed measurement activity is simple to prepare – just print off and grab some scissors and glue. And there’s a black and white version if they want to do a little coloring as well!
I hope they enjoy it!
What Skills Can Your Little Ones Learn?
With this shortest to longest measuring sheet, there’s quite a lot of skills your little ones can practice:
- Understanding of length – understanding the concept of length – an essential math skill for early learners.
- Visual discrimination skills – the ability to notice differences between the lengths of the trains
- Sequencing Skills – grasping the idea of ordering from shortest to longest is a fundamental step towards understanding sequences.
- Fine motor skills – as they cut out the pieces, and hand-eye coordination and hand control as they ensure they are sticking them on the correct space on the sheet.
- Problem solving – Making decisions about which train is longer or shorter and determining where they should go in the sequence
- Speech and language skills – talking about length comparisons helps children expand their vocabulary. They learn and begin to understand terms like longer, shorter, longest, shortest, and so on.
- Patience and persistence – They’ll have to carry on even if they find it tricky at first.
How To Prepare This Transport Length Sorting Worksheet
Firstly, download the worksheet by clicking on the download box at the bottom of the page.
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Choose either the color of the black and white page and print it.
That’s pretty much it, just grab some scissors and glue and see if you little ones can carefully cut out the trains them stick them in order of shortest to longest.
Have fun!
