Before starting to classify animals we have worked on classifying Living and Non-Living and Animals and Plants. We recently began with Birds and Rodents. I chose these two because they are visually pretty easy to classify. I found some great nature clip art photography from NaturePhoto-cz.com (link on the side of blog and only to be used for educational purposes). To make the sorting a little more interesting we turned them all over and one at a time chose one and classified it bird or rodent. I added these cards and a little info about rodents and birds to my box.net folder. They can be downloaded at the side of the blog under Wonder Years Downloads. I will add more as we go.
Saturday, November 7
Classifying Animals
Before starting to classify animals we have worked on classifying Living and Non-Living and Animals and Plants. We recently began with Birds and Rodents. I chose these two because they are visually pretty easy to classify. I found some great nature clip art photography from NaturePhoto-cz.com (link on the side of blog and only to be used for educational purposes). To make the sorting a little more interesting we turned them all over and one at a time chose one and classified it bird or rodent. I added these cards and a little info about rodents and birds to my box.net folder. They can be downloaded at the side of the blog under Wonder Years Downloads. I will add more as we go.
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This is a very timely post. Thanks for the beautiful download. I am going to introduce my daughter to living/non living and plant/animal classifying soon. How do you explain the difference between living and non living things to a three year old?
Living and nonliving can be confusing for young children because some of differences aren't seen. When I explained it I mentioned a few of the attributes of living, including eats other food or makes it's own food, grows, and "can make more" (reproduction).
Could you please suggest how to help kids classify different types of plants?
Scientifically, plants are classified seed plants and non-seed plants. Seed plants include flowering and conifers and non-seed include fern, moss, algae. For a younger child, having examples of plants to touch are best. Last winter, I did a matching winter vegetation activity with pairs of vegetation- short needle pine, long needle pin, cat-tails,and more. It is pretty basic but a good start to help them notice differences in plants. Another idea could be to introduce two from each class like ferns and pine trees. Gathering examples of various ferns and various pine trees needles and your child can sort them into categories. Cards can be used also, but it is always recommended to use the real objects when possible
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