Any time that you're doing the laundry is a chance for sorting and matching games with your child. An important part about learning about letters and numbers is being able to see that some things are the same and some are different.

Materials:

• Laundry to be sorted

Directions:

Show your child how you sort the laundry before putting it into the washer. Can your child sort into the piles of whites, darks, or bright colors? Things that are delicate or things that are sturdy?

After the laundry is done, show your child that the clothes need to be sorted from each other again, but in different ways, when they're clean and it's time to put them away. For example, the white T-shirts or blue jeans need to be sorted according to size.

Can your child pair up the socks?

Ask your child to put each stack of clothing into the room where it belongs.

As preschoolers are exposed to more things, people, and experiences, they try to make sense of the world by organizing things into categories. At this time in their lives, matching and sorting games can be especially appealing.

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