ENUM: Pre-Number Concepts

Matching means ...

• only looking for identical things

• seeing a relationship, or noticing that things have something in common

• looking for colour, shape, size and function

The four common attributes of Matching are ...

• colour, shape, size and equivalent sets

• similar things, dissimilar things, parts & wholes, logical pairs

• colour, shape, size and function

Levels of Matching:

Give an example of 'matching similar things'

Levels of Matching:

Give an example of 'matching dissimilar things with common attributes'

Levels of Matching:

Describe 'matching parts and wholes'

Levels of Matching:

Give an example of 'matching things that go together (logical pairs)'

What are the 2 exclusions of Matching for Assessment 1?

• Equivalent sets & Things that complement

• Matching by colour and Matching by shape

• Things that go together (logical pairs) & Dissimilar things with common attributes (e.g. colour)

Before understanding Sorting, children must first understand ...

Sorting is more difficult than Matching because FIRST children need to know

• which objects are the different and then put them in respective groups

• which objects are the same, then which objects are different, and then put them in respective groups

• which objects are the identical, then which objects are similar, and then put them in respective groups

The three most common attributes of Sorting are ...

• colour, size and type

• colour, shape and function

• colour, shape and size