Area of a Circle


This week we were studying the area of a circle… so we made watches!  The kids would walk around the room pretending they were walking at the park. I would “run” into them and ask:  Hey! Do you know the area of a circle? (like somebody asks you what time it is) and they would answer: Sure! (looking at their watches)  The area of a circle is…    IMG_8477 copy

They LOVED playing that pretend game.  They wanted to do it over and over again. Try it out with your kids and have them wear the watches for a few days. Ask them every so often to tell you the area of a circle, and before you know it, they’ll be able to recite it without even looking at the watch.  🙂

Print the file on card stock for more durability. I also recommend to laminate them if you have access to it because the paper tears off easily (I learned this the hard way).  I ended up laminating a second set of watches and they worked much better.

Click below to download the file.

area of a circle watch WN

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