Light Box Activity Guide Level Two, Large Print (7-08680-00)

Goal: Matching and Sorting ( continued)Activity 5: Parquetry piecesHave the child sort parquetry pieces by shape. Encouragehim to perform the task visually. Begin with shapes whosedifferences are clearly distinctive—circles, squares, andtriangles. At first, use shapes which are all of the same color,later you may mix colors when the child understands theconcept of sorting by shape. The diamond and rhombus aremost difficult to differentiate from one another and should beused after the child has had experience sorting a varietyof shapes.Activity 6: Pegboard and pegsPerform Activity #4, asking the child to group the pegs byshape rather than color.Activity 7: Pegboard and pegs/templateand cubesWhen the child is familiar with the colored cubes and theshapes and colors of the pegs, play a game with her. Scatterpegs in the pegboard or cubes in a template. Have herlocate and remove from the pegboard or template all thepegs or cubes of a certain type—all the square pegs, all theround pegs, all the red cubes, and so on. When she has hadpractice in performing this activity, have a race with her.Have her remove all the green pegs; you remove all the redpegs. See who finishes first or who has the most. You could50