Understanding the relationship among speed, distance, and time is an important step in making sense of so many other mathematical relationships that exist in our everyday lives.
Instructions Have the child talk about familiar relationships to do with time, distance, and speed.
Help the child talk about these relationships using actual numbers. Help the child think and write about these relationships in a mathematical way. Ken and Jeff both leave home at the same time. Measurement Sandra does not like driving on the highway but needs to get to her brother's house for a surprise party. The distance she must travel on the highway to get to her brother's is 120 km.