N6 Educational Psychology
9.3 UNIT 4 – Chapter 3
Classifying according to two characteristics Children find it difficult to identify objects using two characteristics even though they are now able to identify the characteristics of many objects.
Objectives: Why do we teach this concept?
• To develop the child’s ability to identify the characteristics of objects in a set and to group objects according to two specific characteristics.
• To develop the child’s ability to identify and describe two common characteristics in a set/ group of elements/objects.
• To develop the child’s ability to identify an object as part of two different sets. • To encourage verbal description of sets.
Skills: What skills are learnt?
• Identifying and describing two characteristics of an object. • To identify two characteristics of objects simultaneously during the process of classification. • To understand that one object can belong in two set/collections.
Language: Phrases with more than one adjective – “big, red flower”, “Both ... and” Either or”.
Activity
Where do I belong? Look at all the children. Ask all the children wearing red clothing to stand up. Ask the children who are sitting why they did not stand up. Tell the children who are standing that everyone with curly hair should sit down. All the children who remain standing have a red piece of clothing on and have straight hair.
Choose an object – describe two characteristics of the object and ask the children to find the object. For example: find something that is red and round.
Worksheets: Worksheets with pictures of fruit (some cut in half and some whole). Ask what they see on the worksheet. Ask them to colour in all the fruits that are whole. Ask why they did not colour in the cut fruit.
Conclusion
Dina Stachel believed that it is important that children work in small groups. This is possible even if you have a large class. The children need to learn to be independent and they must realise that when the teacher is busy helping other children, she should not be disturbed or interrupted.
Remember that these activities are intended for 5–7-year-old children.
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