Recommended Age: 3.5+ 

Level of Parent Involvement: Medium 

Materials : Bookshelf with books that the child can reach

Steps:

• Invite your child to help you organise a shelf with books. (Start with one shelf, and if the child is interested, you can always start another shelf). 
• Place a mat or towel on the floor, as the designated place for the books. 
• Show the child how to take out the books whose cover is of a particular colour and place them on the mat. For example, “Let’s find all the books with a blue cover and place them here.” 
• After the child has found the blue books, invite him to find the books with another coloured cover, and place them together on the mat. 
• Once you have space on the shelf, show the child how to place 1 or 2 books back on the shelf, arranging them so all the blue books are together, all the yellow books are together, etc. 

Variations 

• Show the child how to sort books by size. 
• Show an older child how to alphabetise by author.