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Activities to develop categorising items by where you find them/location 
Description:
These activities will help your child to sort/categorise items by where they are found. These activities can help support children who have word finding difficulties.
You may find the following information sheets useful:
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| Early years skill: | Numbers |
| Early years typical range: | 30-50m |
| P-scales/Curriculum skill: | Maths Using and Applying |
| P-scales/Curriculum level: | P7 |
| TAP skill: | Expressive Language |
| TAP level: | TAP42 |
| Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area: | not specified |
| Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard: | not specified |
| Section: | Early Years (0-5yrs) info; Primary (5-11yrs) info |
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Soring by location activity | 1. Print and cut out the resource. 2. Choose how many categories your child is going to sort - it may be best to start with 2 or 3, before making it harder by adding extra categories. 3. Shuffle the items to be sorted. Each take a turn at choosing an item, naming it and placing in the correct location. 4. If your child is finding challenging to name items, use some of the strategies in the word finding information sheet linked above. | |
| Make a collage - Paper - Glue - A selection of pictures from your chosen category. | 1. Choose the categories you are going to sort into and label the pieces of paper with the category, e.g. farm and beach. 2. Prepare some pictures that fit within each category - you could use objects if you have them. 3. Encourage your child to make a picture of your chosen location by selecting the correct items that would belong in that location and sticking/placing them on to the paper. 4. Name the items as you stick them. |
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