Sort it with your hands
Fill a basket with a pinecone, a toy, a leaf, a rock and an apple. Kids sort them onto two mats and say why: "It grows, so it's living." Then move to the sorting page so the thinking goes onto paper.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
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