Size sorting

Farm Sort by Size great for toddlers and preschoolers to learn sorting into groups. One of math skills are sorting, and this activity makes it fun!

Want an easy learning activity that you can pull together with things you have around the house? Begin by saving a variety of plastic or metal lids-- from the milk jug, the pizza sauce, the yogurt, the peanut butter jar, etc. Choose four or five in graduated sizes. Arrange them from smallest to biggest and trace the outline of each on a sheet of heavy paper. You can label the paper like I did (or not!). Give your child the lids and the paper and have them match the sizes. It's a simple as…

Learn the basics of shapes, colors and size sorting with this simple printable. Also great for fine motor skills with toddlers.

Fine motor, color recognition, size sorting. This activity has it all! And it's a great toddler activity, too.

When sorting between big and small objects you are teaching your child basic mathematical concepts. Specifically,they are learning about size their descriptive names and how things to be compared.

Sorting is important for children to learn to create order in their worlds, refine senses and hone logical thinking for math skills at a later age. Size sorting is one of the most prevalent sorting means. Here are 10+ Montessori-inspired activities for sorting by size, using everyday household items and nature-based loose parts which are inexpensive. Enjoy!

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Sorting by attributes is a big fundamental skills taught in every early childhood classroom. Classifying and sorting is a unit that starts off math instruction for the school year. However, things like classroom management, getting to know your learners and other back to school craziness can take priority during the beginning of the school year.