This Sorting by Attributes Pack includes everything you need to teach Foundation/Kindergarten students how to sort and classify by size, colour, and shape. This resource includes posters, flashcards, sorting mats, worksheets, and teacher instructions to support your hands-on maths lessons.
Students will explore the vocabulary of “same” and “different” while learning to group objects and shapes based on shared attributes. This pack is perfect for maths centres, early years inquiry tasks, or whole-class sorting activities.
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✅ What's Included:
- Same and Different Flashcards
- Poster: Big and Small
- 2D Shape Posters: Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle
- Worksheets:
- Finding things that are the same
- Grouping objects by common attributes
- Sorting Buttons in two sizes and five colours (blue, green, purple, red, yellow) with four shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle)
- Sorting Mats:
- By shape
- By colour
- By size (big and small)
- By number of sides
- Black & White Printables: Ideal for cut-and-paste workbook tasks
- Colour Sorting Jars with matching coloured teddies and real-world object cards
- Teacher Instructions: Clear guidance on how to use each resource effectively
Sorting by Attributes Activity Shapes & Objects Classification for Kindergarten
File Info
PDF(11 MB|51 pages)
ACARA Alignment 9.0
Foundation Maths
Mathematics – Space
AC9MFSP01
Name, create and sort familiar shapes; recognise and describe the features of these shapes.Mathematics – Number
AC9MFN01
Recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising.Mathematics – Statistics
AC9MFST01
Sort and classify objects and events based on properties such as size, shape or colour and explain the basis for these classifications.