January’s book of the month is entitled Measuring Penny, by Loreen Leedy. In this story, a girl named Lisa is given a homework assignment dealing with measurement. Her task is to measure something in several different ways. However, she has to use standard units like inches and nonstandards units like paper clips. Lisa decides to measure her dog, Penny! She ends up having a lot of fun and learns so much more about measurement. Note: A fun activity that you could do with your child is called the Measurement Scavenger Hunt. Have your child find objects around the house that could equal common standard units of measurement such as a gallon, foot, inch, pound, and liter. This allows your child to build a frame of reference with these different units of measure and be able to associate them with real-life objects.