This month we are learning about pets and since S has done such a great job with matching, I thought I would try sorting with him. I found these foam stickers in the dollar bin at Target and placed one of each animal on a cup. Then he can sort them by animal into the correct cup. I used all blue stickers on the cup so that he wouldn't think it was color sorting and I only began with two cups when I introduced the activity (the fish and dog since they look very different). I am keeping the activity on one of my new Oriental Trading Company trays so that S has access to the activity. (Note: These trays are so great for art/crafting, food, learning, playdough, setting up activities...)
I plan to follow the below progression with S to support early math concepts, but I came up with this on my own, so if anyone has a different suggestion or addition, please feel free to comment:
- matching
- sorting
- sequencing (size)
- patterns
Great idea!
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