Per-pack sheets that ask your child to put things in order. Smallest to biggest, first to last, the cycle of cell division. Sorting and sequencing are the same skill, dressed differently.
Putting things in order is one of the earliest ways children make sense of the world. Smallest to biggest, first to last, beginning to end. Each kind of order builds the same underlying skill: noticing the differences between things and arranging them along a line. Reading, counting, time, and storytelling all sit on top of it.
The Lupe sort-and-sequence sheets give that skill something real to work with. Cells in actual size order. Stages of cell division in their actual sequence. Your child arranges them by shape or color first, then by what they are.
These are designed to extend the upper end of Lupe's age range. Most kids are ready to play with them around 2-and-a-half. Earlier than that, the matching game is a better fit.
Eight cell types as cell-shaped cutouts at proportional size. Cut them out, sort them smallest to biggest. Includes a recall version with uniform cards and number tiles.
Eight circular cards and two playboards. Arrange the stages of mitosis in order around the cycle. Easy version with color-matched slots, challenge version without.
Free for personal use and classroom or childcare use. Please don't resell or redistribute commercially. If you're a teacher or childcare provider, you're warmly welcome to print and use these with your kids.
Print the sheet and cut out the pieces yourself (the shapes can be detailed). Once they're cut, your child does the rest.
Laminate the pieces and the playboard. With a laminated set you can do the activity again and again.
As your child arranges, narrate what's happening. “The red blood cell is the smallest one.” “After the chromosomes line up, they get pulled apart.”
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