Sorting, categorising and matching different objects are important skills and the outdoors can give this new contexts, as well as a different sensory experience.<\/p>\n
Outside, collect some natural materials – pine cones, sticks, twigs, stones, leaves etc.\u00a0 Can your child ‘find the same’? Match a pine cone to a pine, a leaf to a leaf.\u00a0 You could also sort these different objects into two different categories – can your child come up with some categories on their own?\u00a0 Can they tell you why they have sorted the items like they have?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sorting, categorising and matching different objects are important skills and the outdoors can give this new contexts, as well as a different sensory experience. Outside, collect some natural materials – pine cones, sticks, twigs, stones, leaves etc.\u00a0 Can your child ‘find the same’? Match a pine cone to a pine, a leaf to a leaf.\u00a0 … Continue reading Matching Objects<\/span>