This is a comprehensive set of activities exploring categorisation, similarities and differences. You will need to print each of the sheets for an activity.

• Category sorting 1:4 + pictures 1:4
  four sets with a grid of four categories and a sheet of pictures to sort
• Category pictures 1:4
  groups of pictures with their category name, for learning before doing the games.
• Category dominoes 1:2
  match an item to its category
• Object function 1:2
  cards for matching object and its function
• Category games 1:2
  cut up the category strips for a variety of games
• Category odd-one 1:3
  which is the odd one out in each set of pictures
• Category sentences 1
  join two halves of a sentence such as
  ‘a car is … a vehicle’
• Similar cut and stick 1:5
  stick sentence halves together to make sense
• Similarities 1:3
  mark which items are similar in each set
• Similar sentences 1:5
  sentences about similar items, tick which is right
• Similar pictures 1:10
  pairs of pictures of similar items. Why are they similar?

   

  Word Work
  • Domino rhymes 1:2
    rhyming dominoes
  • Double words 1
    introducing the idea of double words – e.g. headache
  • Domino meanings 1:3
    dominoes of words that have different meanings – e.g. right (hand) right (correct)
  • Capital and lower case letters 1:4
    Matching phrases using lower and capital letters
  • Bendy doll actions 1:2
    What can the bendy doll do? Introducing action words