Sunday, February 13, 2011  How Many Ways Can You Sort?  This
week in our sort envelope we had some farm animals. We
discovered different ways we could sort.  By animal....  By
color....   By both animal and color....  One guy said he was
sorting by where the animals are on the farm. "Ducks are in the
pond, so this is the pond," he said.  (Another guy asked, "Can
we play with them, too?" Of course! We don't just have to sort
them!)  Thinking about things in different ways helps stretch
thinking and encourages kids to look for lots of possibilities -
and not just one right answer to a problem.     1. Sorting is
such an ordered activity Scott. I think it just goes to show
that children do like to have order in their lives ... order
they have control over that is ... with the freedom to change
that order around!     Donna :) :)    2. I think you're right,
Donna. Sometimes I wish things in life could be so easily
ordered! :)    3. Children are so fascinated by making groupings
and patterning with sorting sets. I l