Daily Lessons in Sorting Preschool Math Unit

Description

The Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics: Sorting Unit gives you a full set of daily lesson plans and activities to teach sorting, grouping, and comparing with ease and confidence.

Sorting is a critical pre-math skill that lays the groundwork for later number sense, classification, and reasoning. In this unit, children will build proficiency by working with real objects and printable manipulatives all in developmentally appropriate ways.

This unit works as a standalone preschool math resource or as part of the complete Daily Lessons in Preschool Math Curriculum.

What’s Included in the Sorting Unit

This unit includes 20 structured lessons that guide learners through sorting and comparing experiences:

• Scope and sequence placement
• Daily math routines centered on sorting concepts
• Teacher guidance and instructional tips
• Printable visuals and sorting cards
• Hands-on activity prompts that support weekly concepts
• bonus activities for accommodations and modifications

Lessons are organized so you always know exactly what to teach, with no guesswork.

Targeted Skills & Sorting Concepts Covered

This preschool math unit helps learners understand and practice:

• Sorting objects by attributes (e.g., color, size, shape)
• Comparing groups based on shared characteristics
• Counting items within sorting categories
• Using math language to describe sorting decisions
• Strengthening observation and reasoning skills

These preschool sorting skills are met with short, hands-on, daily learning routines and teacher-directed activities. They are reinforced with weekly printable math centers, weekly discovery concept activities, and integrated literacy activities.

Hands-On Preschool Math Centers Included

Each week includes printable, reusable math centers that align directly with the daily lessons.

Centers in this unit include:

• 1-1 Attribute Sorting Mats
• 1-2 Color/Shape Concentration
• 1-3 Everyday Shapes Clip Cards
• 1-4 Roll and cover Color Sorting
• 1-5 Sorting Animals Attributes
• 1-6 Shapes and Colors Two Attribute Sorting
• 1-7 Sorting Shapes Board Game
• 1-8 Sorting Size Shape Jars

The preschool math curriculum also includes a teacher guide for implementing the curriculum in both a spiral and unit based approach.

How This Unit Fits Into the Full Preschool Math Curriculum

This Addition & Subtraction Unit is one of nine units in the complete Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics Curriculum, which includes:

• 40 weeks of math instruction
• A spiral, unit-based scope and sequence
• 72 printable and reusable math centers
• Built-in instructional guidance for teachers

If you want every math lesson planned for a year, the complete curriculum is available as a bundled option.

Additional Required Materials

• attribute shapes
• attribute buttons
• counting bears
• snap cubes

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