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Applying What You Have Learned
On the following pages are lesson plans that can be used to incorporate classifying and sorting into your program planning. The lesson plans are intended to be an optional resource that you may adapt for use in your classroom. The worksheets at the bottom of each lesson plan are part of the required coursework (not optional).
Please read each lesson plan carefully and then answer the short-answer question at the bottom of the page.
On the following pages are lesson plans that can be used to incorporate classifying and sorting into your program planning. The lesson plans are intended to be an optional resource that you may adapt for use in your classroom. The worksheets at the bottom of each lesson plan are part of the required coursework (not optional).
Please read each lesson plan carefully and then answer the short-answer question at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan: Color Sorting Tubes
Age Group: Preschool
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Objectives:
CDA Competency Standard:
II.5.1a a) Activities encourage curiosity, exploration and discovery. II.5.1b b) Activities involve developmentally appropriate, hands-on experiences |
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Materials:
- Toilet paper tubes
- Colored pom poms (or other like items)
- Large piece of cardboard
- Colored baskets, cups, or paper (in the same shades as the pom poms)
Procedure:
- Color toilet paper tubes to match the pom pom colors. If you have many colors, choose three or four that contrast the most.
- Glue toilet paper tubes to the cardboard, evenly spaced apart.
- Place the cardboard against a wall so that it is at a child’s height. You may wish to lean it temporarily or fasten it to the wall.
- Place corresponding baskets, cups, or pieces of paper under the colored tubes.
- Place the mixed up pom poms in a container nearby.
- Give a brief demonstration of how to use the new materials and allow children to begin sorting the colors.
Assessment:
- Assess the sorting abilities of each child.
Extensions:
- Increase types of colored materials to further the exploration
- Add more colors and colored tubes
- Combine color and size
- Include pictures above tubes for specific sorting
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