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Print at 100%
In the print dialog choose 'Actual size' or 100%, not 'Fit to page'. Fitting shrinks the scale and every measurement comes out wrong.
A giraffe height chart you print at home
Five A4 pages you print, cut and tape together into a 170 cm giraffe with a true-to-size scale from 70 to 170 cm. Beside the centimetres, the median height of boys and of girls at every age on the WHO standards, and a QR code that opens the app so the measurement is logged on the spot. Free, no sign-up.
Download the PDF (English)
PDF, five A4 pages, in colour · Hebrew version
How to print it right
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Check with a ruler
The foot of the first page carries a 10 cm calibration bar. Hold a ruler against it: if it is not exactly 10 cm, print again with the right setting.
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Cut and tape
Cut along the dashed line at the foot of each page (except the first) and lay it so its bottom line sits exactly on the same number on the page below.
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Hang it at the right height
The 70 line on the first page must sit exactly 70 cm off the floor. Measure with a tape before you stick it to the wall.
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Measure without shoes
Back to the wall, heels together, eyes level. Rest a book on the head, flat, and mark the line. Write the date next to every mark.
What is on the chart
- A mark every centimetre and a number every 5 cm, 70 to 170
- Inches on the other side, for whoever needs them
- The median height (50th percentile) for boys and for girls at every age from 1 to 14, on the WHO standards
- Room for a name and a date next to each mark
- A giraffe in the brand colours, lightly filled, so it does not empty the cartridge
- A QR code in three places: scan and log the measurement in the app without hunting for it
The wall remembers centimetres. The app remembers percentiles.
Enter the wall measurement in KidGrowth and see it on the WHO growth curve, next to sizes, vaccinations and a reminder to measure again.
Get KidGrowth on Google PlayFrequently asked questions
Because babies are measured lying down, and a wall chart suits a child who stands steadily, usually from around a year, when the median height is about 75 cm. It runs to 170, enough for most children into their teens.
They are the median height (50th percentile) on the World Health Organization standards, the same data behind the app and the calculator. Half of children of that age are taller than the line and half are shorter. It is context, not a grade; a child above or below the line is growing at their own pace.
The chart is calibrated for A4 at 100%. On US Letter paper also print at 100%, never 'Fit to page'; the cutting margins differ slightly but the scale holds. The 10 cm bar is the check either way.
Photograph the wall every few months, or type the measurement into the app, which places it on the WHO curve and shows the percentile and the trend. The wall is the moment; the app is the line.