Sets: Children put things together based on a characteristic.

Sample activities:playing with blocks (size, shape), sand (heavy, light), water (full, empty), cooking, other comparing (hot, cold, etc.)

Classification: Children join separate sets.

Sample activities:playing with sets, wearing sets, manipulating materials with a variety of characteristics, using dramatic play kits.

Ordering: Children compare more than two things, put them in order in terms of common elements, learning that “three is more than two.”

Sample activities: playing with nesting toys, using graduated measuring cups, spoons, taking turns in an order, following a sequence

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