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idea is a submission for:
X A curriculum
idea
__Cool things to do
__A special issue
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| Age
group for whom this activity is appropriate:
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3-5
years
| Brief
description of activity: |
A
sorting game to accompany the sorting activities my
kids play on the computer.
| What
I did to set this up and how I followed through: |
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I
did sorting in my classroom before I had a computer
and thought doing a hands on activity in addition
to the computer would extend the experience.
After all of the kids had a chance to play the
computer sorting game, we did a whole class
lesson with beans and muffin tins
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| Materials
used: |
| Sammy’s
Science House; muffin tins; assorted objects for
sorting such as a jar of buttons; a container
of colored beans, or anything else that can be
sorted! |
| What
the children had to do and what I wanted them
to learn: |
- The
children had to sort objects according to categories
they identified
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categories were not pre-determined. For example, you
could sort the buttons by the number of sewing holes
each had or by the color or by the size.
- I
wanted them to understand that objects can be categorized
in different ways.
| Background:
How I got the idea: |
| The
sorting game on the computer gave me the idea to
try sorting with everyday materials. I’m really
not sure that the kids understand the categories
in the computer game; some of which are very complicated.
I wanted them to have an opportunity to work with
them with everyday objects so they’d start
getting an idea about classifying. |
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| Analysis:
How the kids and/or parents responded: |
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This became a good workstation in our classroom. The kids
enjoyed thinking up their own categories for sorting.
I periodically changed the materials on the table to stimulate
more sorting games. |
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