Doing Dishes
Here's What To Do
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Together you and your child can decide how you will sort the dishes.
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Ask your child if there are more cups or more plates.
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Ask your child if there are more spoons than cups.
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Put all the dishes together and sort in a different way. Repeat the questions asked above. Sort by size, color or dish type.
Put PEER Into Action
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Pause:
- Select the space in your kitchen where you will gather and sort the dirty dishes. That can be the sink, the countertop or a table. Invite your child to help you gather all the dirty dishes from the table.
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Engage:
- How should we sort the dishes? Where should we put them as we are sorting them?
- How else do you want to sort the dishes?
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Encourage:
- Remind your child of the sorting rule and keep them motivated to finish sorting their dish items.
- Tell your child that as they sort, they should pay attention to which pile has less items, which has more or the same.
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Reflect:
- Sorting dishes with you was fun. Was it hard figuring out which one had less?
Not quite ready?
Focus on showing groups with a big contrast such as one pan and all the cups.
Ready for more?
Work on making groups with the same amount. Such as groups of one, two and three objects.
As your child masters this skill...
They will be able to compare quantities that have more, less or the same amounts.