Re: Teaching sorting/categories ...which comes first?

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Bindu and group,

I taught categories first. This was more than ten years ago so I may be

missing something. The categories were vehicles,furniture,animals and toys. I

eliminated toys because some toys might be vehicles or animals. I added two

categories:numbers and letters because Colin loved letter and numbers when he

was 3YO.

I started with a field of two and handed him additional cards to be placed

with others in the category. Eventually I labeled paper plates with all the

categories,placed all the labeled plates on the table,gave Colin all the cards

mixed up and he placed each one is its correct category.

Colin learned this very rapidly. It took longer to create the materials

than to actually teach it.

,Colin P's mom

[ ] Teaching sorting/categories ...which comes first?

Dear Listmates,

I am trying to teach my son sorting. However I am not sue whether sorting must

be taught before teaching categories...

Also wondering if I am supposed to teaching sorting how amy items should be in

the field during my first trial and whether they should be 2D or 3D items.

Any inputs/advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

bindu