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You may find it helpful to find a toy with wheels or a wheel from a construction set, then to mark a point on the wheel and watch it turning. You could compare this with a differently sized wheel.
How many centimetres are there in a metre ... in two metres?
How many metres are there in a kilometre?
Which wheel will turn the most during the journey?