Sorting and Classifying Activities for Kindergarten

Are you looking for sorting objects into categories? Your students will enjoy this bundle of hands on activities of category sorting by attributes. Category sort activities develop students’ cognitive, visual recognition, fine motor skills and special education life skills. Included are sorting mats, real photo picture cards for color sorting, emotions and feelings, seasons of the year sorting, sorting by size and animal sorting from land sea animals, mammals, birds and reptiles.

Sorting and Classifying Activities for Kindergarten

This bundle consists of the following 4 products:

1. Sorting & Classifying Animals:

• Teacher Notes on how to teach sorting and categorising
• Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
• Differentiation suggestions
• 4 Sorting Mats:

– Land Animals

– Sea Animals

– Birds

– Mammals

– Reptiles

• 30 Photo picture cards

What’s included:

• Land Animal Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards & Words: kangaroo, dog, horse, cat, lion, giraffe.
• Sea Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words:
  dolphin, fish, octopus, orca, jellyfish, seahorse.
• Bird Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words:
  owl, parrot, duck, chicken, toucan, hen.
• Mammal Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words: monkey, mouse, pig, bear, seal, meerkat.
• Reptile Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words: snake, iguana, turtle, gecko, skink, crocodile

2. Sorting & Classifying Colors:

• Teacher Notes on how to teach sorting and categorising
• Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
• Differentiation suggestions
• 4 Sorting Mats (Primary Colors):

– Red

– Blue

– Green

– Yellow

• 24 Photo picture cards

What’s included:

• Red Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words -rose, apple, car, stop sign, shoe
• Blue Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words-
  mug, socks, cap, sky, bird, bow, plate
• Green Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words –
  ball, leaf, grass, hat, tree, jeans
• Yellow Sorting Mat and the following Category Picture Cards with Words –
  banana, sunflower, pot, lemon, chair, bag

3. Sorting & Classifying Sizes:

• Teacher Notes on how to teach sorting and categorising
• Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
• Differentiation suggestions
• 5 Sorting Mats:

– Small

– Medium

– Big

– Short

– Tall

• 30 Photo picture cards

What’s included:

• Big Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards & Words
• Small Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards with Words
• Medium Sorting Mat and 4 following Category Picture Cards with Words
• Short Sorting Mat 4 following Category Picture Cards with Words
• Tall Sorting Mat 4 following Category Picture Cards with Words

4. Sorting & Classifying Seasons of the Year:

• Teacher Notes on how to teach sorting and categorising
• Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
• Differentiation suggestions
• 4 Sorting Mats:

– Spring

– Summer

– Fall

– Winter

• 24 Photo picture cards

What’s included:

• Spring Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards & Words
• Summer Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards with Words
• Fall Sorting Mat and 4 following Category Picture Cards with Words
• Autumn Sorting Mat 4 following Category Picture Cards with Words
• Winter Sorting Mat 4 following Category Picture Cards with Words

5. Sorting & Classifying Emotions and Feelings:

• Teacher Notes on how to teach sorting and categorising (identifying emotions)
• Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
• Differentiation suggestions
• 5 Sorting Mats:

– happy

– sad

– excited

– worried

– scared

• 30 Photo picture cards

What’s included:

1. Happy Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards

2. Sad Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards

3. Excited Sorting Mat and 4 Category Picture Cards

4. Worried Sorting Mat 4 Category Picture Cards

5. Scared Sorting Mat 4 Category Picture Cards

Sorting and Classifying Activities for Kindergarten

Why sorting and categorizing activities are important:

Learning to sort and categorize are important foundational skills that help students understand how and why objects are similar or different. This leads critical and creative thinking, where student are able to compare and contrast. This resource includes the following elements:

Begin with the basics: Introduce colors, shapes, sizes and textures. Use pictures or objects that your students have had experience with and are familiar to.

Use Visuals: Picture cards can also be displayed on classroom smartboard when teaching whole class explicit sorting skills. This helps students to visualize and identify the different categories.

Whole Class Explicit Teaching of Sorting: Show and use ‘teacher-thinkalouds’ when sorting various objects into categories. Model using sorting vocabulary that differentiates between categories. For extension, identify objects and narrow down to 2 categories – e.g. big or small, living or nonliving etc.

Hands-On Learning: This resource provides plenty and varied opportunities for hands-on ‘concrete’ learning, where students construct their conceptual understanding and develop vocabulary that includes: similar, different, compare, contrast etc.

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