Sorting & Classifying

Below you will find ideas to help your students with sorting and classifying

  Objective: Sort, classify, and order objects by size, shape, color, and a variety of other attributes.

Activity Instructions

Classifying animals

 

 

Materials:  inexpensive erasers from Oriental Trading to go with your theme, sorting mat

 

You can order inexpensive erasers from Oriental Trading to match just about any theme.  Students can sort the erasers by type on a paper sorting mat.  I made this sorting mat by tracing circles on a blank sheet of paper. 

 

Sorting by Color

 

Materials:  white vinyl tablecloth (from dollar store), colored Sharpie markers, variety of different colored objects for sorting (see Color Boxes section on Colors page)

 

Students enjoy sorting items by color with this giant sorting mat.  Sit students in a circle around the mat and pass around a basket full of different colored items.  Each child takes an item from the basket and places it on the appropriate circle. 

 

More Sorting Ideas Coming Soon!

 

Math Resources

See link to Dr Jean's Totally Math CD below for great math songs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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