Material Name: Sort the Bears
Curriculum Area: Sensorial & Cognitive Development
Purpose & Developmental Benefits
The Sort the Bears material helps children develop classification and sorting skills based on one or more criteria such as color, size, shape, material, or quantity. Through hands-on activities of selecting, comparing, and grouping objects, children build logical thinking, observation skills, and an understanding of order—foundational abilities for later learning in mathematics, language, and science.
Skills Developed
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Recognizing and sorting by color and size
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Matching objects according to patterns shown on task cards
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Developing fine motor skills and hand–eye coordination when using the tweezers
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Strengthening concentration, orderly work habits, and self-checking
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Expanding basic mathematical language: big/small, bigger/smaller, more/less, rows/columns
Recommended Age
Material & Construction
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Five double-sided wooden task cards (ten activities), 28 × 7 cm
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Thirty-two plastic bears: four colors × four sizes
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One wooden tweezers
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Instruction booklet
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Magnetic storage box (31 × 23 × 6 cm)
Classroom & Home Use
Used as a sorting and matching activity within Practical Life or pre-Mathematics work. Children select a task card, identify the correct bears by color and size, and place them accordingly. As proficiency increases, children may be invited to create their own patterns or sorting rules, designing new “tasks” independently.
