Many of the students in my class have difficulty with sorting items. By providing them with a diverse set of toys and puzzles to keep them engaged while helping them to practice the many skills involved in sorting and matching, each student will get the opportunity to generalize these skills each day.
The students in my class are between the ages 3-5.
The majority of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Between the two sessions that I teach, there are 20 students with disabilities like developmental delays or students on the Autism Spectrum and 12 students that are typically developing. Our program is a blended classroom that provides opportunities for all students to learn with and from each other. For many students and families this is their first school experience.
My Project
Can you imagine how frustrating it is to not put items in the right place? Or to have difficulty with distinguishing two objects from each other? Each of the items requested will give my students different ways to learn how to match and sort items. By providing them with a variety of tactile and visual experiences, the students not only remain engaged in the task, but are given the opportunity to practice staying on task, focusing on what they are doing, strengthening hand eye coordination and pincher grasps, discriminating between shapes and/or textures, and matching the shape of a puzzle piece to the shape on a board or to the picture on the box it came in. These items also give them the opportunity to share or take turns with peers as they all can be used by multiple students at a time. All of these skills help them in building their cognitive reasoning, fine motor, and social skills.
Sorting and matching are prerequisite skills for many math and reading concepts.
Students also get a chance to sharpen their classifying skills and social skills with these items. Puzzles and sorters are a great way to encourage turn taking and cooperative playing as they figure out what pieces fit where. These students need the extra push to move them forward in attaining these skills. Help us push them forward to "Match & Go!" by helping us reach our goal!
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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