Life A4.2 Sorting By Shape
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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

ELEMENTARY MOVEMENT

A4.2 SORTING BY SHAPE


MATERIALS:

A tray that divided by six parts, five different nuts.

PREPARATION:

All material present; invite child; name activity; show location of work

PRESENTATION:

1. Take the material to table and sit down.

2. Have child sit on your sub-dominant hand.

3. Show child three finger trip.

4. Pick up one nut and put it into one part of tray.

5. Pick another one and place it in the same tray if it is matched. If it is not matched, put it into the new part of tray.

6. Repeat the above step until all the nuts are sorted.

7. Replace all nuts into the middle hole of tray.

8. Replace the material to the shelf.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Place object in wrong place.

2. Fail to sort all object

3. Fail to replace work in proper location

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Nut shapes

2. Texture of objects

3. Seeing the same shape of objects together

4. Using 3 fingers grip

DIRECT AIMS:

1. O.C.C.I.

2. Development of three finger grip

3. Development of small muscle.

INDIRECT AIMS:

1. Identification of shapes differences

2. Preparation for math

3. Preparation for science

4. Development of concept of sorting by type.

VOCABULARY:

Name of objects, sorting tray.

AGE:

2.5 and up.

EXTENSION:

1. Using variable objects, same color.

2. Use same objects variable sizes


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