Things you need
- Tape measure
- A room ready to be re-organised
- Furniture store catalogue or website (optional).
Every teen will want to re-organise or re-decorate their room at some point. If this means buying furniture (like a study desk or a bookshelf) or moving existing pieces around things around, they'll need to do the measurements. It’s time to get out the tape measure. What fits where?
If your child is looking to do a spot of room re-organisation they’ll need to bring maths into the equation, specifically length and area.
Start by discussing how they want their room to look. They’ll need to use a tape measure to determine how much space they have and create a floor plan. Do they have enough space in their room to rearrange their belongings or add new furniture where they want?
These discussions will be ongoing during the activity:
Knowing how to measure a space correctly has many different career applications. Set designers for films, concerts, events and theatre productions will be using this skill on a daily basis, as will town planners, builders, business owners, interior designers, property developers, real estate agents, stylists, landscapers and more.