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    Home » Early Years Science » Autumn Estimating Jars

    Autumn Estimating Jars

    October 30, 2013 By Emma Vanstone 4 Comments

    I LOVE Autumn and my 5 year old loves going exploring and numbers, so today we combined all three to make a fun estimating activity, using estimating jars.

    We traipsed through the woods collecting leaves, pinecones and horse chestnuts as we travelled.

    Once back home we laid all our ‘treasure’ out to dry and came back to them the next day.

    autumn treasures - leaves, sticks and pinecones in a wooden box

    How to make estimating jars

    • A collection of leaves, pinecones, acorns or anything else you can count.
    • Different sized jars.
    estimating jars made with leaves and pinecones

    Estimating Jar – Instructions

    • Look at all your object and jars and decide which you will put where.
    • Can you estimate how many of each item will fit in the different jars?
    • Are you right?
    • Can you draw a table to record your results?

    More ideas

    What are the biggest and smallest things you can fit in your jar?

    Can you fill a jar with something and ask a friend to guess how many items are in it?

    More Autumn Science for Kids

    Make a pinecone weather station.

    Try some of these fun autumn and fall themed science activities.

    These pumpkin volcanoes from The STEM Laboratory look great too!

    Or, how about some autumn STEM Challenges?

    Autumn Estimating Jars, jars filled with leaves and pinecones for an estimating activity

    Last Updated on September 21, 2021 by Emma Vanstone

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