This activity also provides Comfort, Play & Teach® time. Comfort, Play & Teach are three parenting actions that work together to generate responses from children that transform everyday interactions from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
Comfort – Your child will show pride in his achievements as he begins to recognize differences and relationships between the things in his environment.
Play – Using and manipulating materials allows your child to name objects and discover their characteristics through play.
Teach – As your child sorts familiar objects, you will observe how he makes comparisons and groups things according to differences.
Other everyday moments to enjoy together:
• Have your child provide her own rationale for sorting her toys or other things around the house (sorting by type of clothing, or colour, size or shape of object).
• Involve your child in activities where she can help put things away, like laundry or groceries.
• Read books together like Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman and Jonathan Cleaned Up and Then He Heard a Sound by Robert Munsch. Your child will enjoy hearing stories about tidying up and will talk about what she likes and doesn’t like about putting things away.
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