Comments on: Using Children’s Literature to Reinforce Classification

By: Shirley R Sorenson

Shirley R Sorenson — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 04:13:05 +0000

Our Toddler Collection would be to take a walk outside and collect sticks. i would place some exciting sticks in a given area. These are to be found by the children. When we returned we would put little ones in a little basket and big ones in a big basket. we would count how many in each basket. we would make a simple chart for Mom and Dad to see what we did.

By: Cari

Cari — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 20:41:44 +0000

Love using the insects or buttons or counting and sorting!

By: Madeline Pochron

Madeline Pochron — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 02:31:13 +0000

Sorting and classifying is such an important skill for children to learn since as adults they will use that skill so often and using books like caps for sales is a great way to teach them.

By: Cheryl Sauceda

Cheryl Sauceda — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 18:32:53 +0000

Caps For Sale is a very good book to use for data collection and graphing.

By: Kori

Kori — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 15:52:41 +0000

Great ideas!!

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:51:06 +0000

One of the best books I’ve used to explore data collection is “Caps for Sale”. The children can chose their favorite color cap and it is easy to create a pictograph to interpret the data….Marc

By: Olga Miklasz

Olga Miklasz — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:44:40 +0000

I like the relationship between sorting and classifying to data collection.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:01:49 +0000

I love watching my students sort objects in the classroom like our animal bin is always a favorite. They always come up with fun categories: moms/babies, farm animals/zoo animals, etc. It’s fun to watch!

By: Jeanne Weaver

Jeanne Weaver — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 01:38:02 +0000

I like incorporating literature to create data. I like the aspect of children involvement.

By: K B

K B — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 04:11:58 +0000

I love the idea of letting the children decide how to categorize the objects. Often, their thinking is more creative than my own; letting them decide opens up more possibilities, and gives them ownership of their data as well.