Showing posts with label categorization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label categorization. Show all posts

Saturday, August 26, 2023

These are these and those are those

These are these...
Categorization emerges in a three-year old…
Robert: Have you noticed when he’s playing with toy cars, he organizes them into groups of cars, trucks and buses? 
Laura: Yes. He says, "Leaz are leaz and loze are loze."
RobertHis categorization system. A cognitive skill.
LauraTrying to make sense of the world in his own way. That’s our little organizer.
RobertHe's starting to notice the differences between cars, trucks, and buses.
Laura: Seems our job is to encourage his curiosity and help him learn and grow. Our responsibility as parents.
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Voice-over
Some kids succeed in life without any parents or even much in the way of parental management. But mostly nudging by parents is a plus.