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Finding items/objects from subcategories 
Description:
These activities help your child to find items from subcategories. A subcategory is a smaller category within a larger group - e.g. The group is animals, the subcategories could be insects, animals that live in the sea, pets.
You may find the following information sheets useful:
| Early years skill: | Understanding |
| Early years typical range: | 30-50m |
| P-scales/Curriculum skill: | Maths Using and Applying |
| P-scales/Curriculum level: | P7 |
| TAP skill: | Understanding of Language/Comprehension |
| TAP level: | TAP42 |
| Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area: | Maths |
| Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard: | Standard 2 |
| Section: | Early Years (0-5yrs) info; Primary (5-11yrs) info; Secondary (11-16yrs) info |
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Subcategory Dice - Printable subcategory dice templates
- Printable subcategory cards
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| If your child is finding this task challenging, you can help by searching for an item together. It may also be useful to visit activities working on sorting items into categories - click here.
If your child is able to do this activity, when they select a card, you could ask them to think of another item that belongs to that subcategory but is not in the picture cards. |
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