Sorting

A few weeks ago Felicity and I did some simple sorting using the kids' blocks.  Sorting is great for preschoolers.  We made three groups; Walk, Fly, and Swim.  Then we sorted away.  It led to good questions (mainly from Logan since Felicity has speech delays, but the conversation is still good for her to hear), such as "a turtle swims AND walks, so where does he go?"  It was also cute to see how they processed things.  They found an umbrella picture block.  I was going to use the fish picture on that block but they insisted on putting the umbrella into the fly pile as we had just recently watched Mary Poppins.  :)  Felicity also found matching blocks and put them into their correct pile together.  This activity was good for her speech just because of the repetition.  She said "fly", "walk", or "swimming" LOTS of times in this activity and that's great practice for her.