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Sorting Buttons: A Preschool Matching Game

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January 1, 2014 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT 3 Comments

Sorting Buttons A Preschool Color Matching Game - Stay At Home Educator

This year I wrote a new math curriculum for preschool.  While I was satisfied with my math instruction lat year, I felt there was some room for improvement so I spent this last summer writing a curriculum that was more systematic and more preparatory for kindergarten.  I wanted to keep math play based, but with deliberate instruction.  In doing so, I came up with this game, Sorting Buttons, as a means to reinforce concepts of sorting by attributes.

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Materials:

  • dot stickers
  • file folder
  • spinner (I borrowed the one pictured from an Eric Carle game.  You could also use a dice with matching colored dots on it.)
  • game markers
  • attribute buttons

The game objective is to reinforce sorting skills by selecting buttons from the bin with specific attributes.  Students flick the spinner and move their game piece to the next matching dot of that color, and choose a button from the bin of the same color.

While students to not actually sort the bin of buttons, (although that is one of my favorite uses of such buttons) this game requires students to differentiate the various attributes by selecting specific colors that match the dot their game marker has landed on.  It also teaches basic counting and one to one correspondence.

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Sarah Punkoney, MAT

I am Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home mama of five! I am the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught range of levels, including preschool and college, and a little bit of just about everything in between. Right now, my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction

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Comments

  1. Kinder-Touch says

    January 4, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    This is a great idea especially for starters. Kids will not only learn about the different colors but counting as well. You can also introduce two kinds of shapes too, the circle and the square. Would love to try this one for my little one.
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