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Categorizing means putting things into groups because they belong to the same kind of group.
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Foundational Cognitive Concept: Categorizing
Understanding that categorizing means placing people, objects, ideas, or experiences into larger groups based on shared characteristics, purpose, or meaning. Categorizing helps organize knowledge, build vocabulary, solve problems, and make sense of the world. Applicable Learners Blind Low Vision CVI Multiple Disabilities Autism ADHD AAC Users Deafblind Developmental Delays Early Childhood Elementary Students Secondary Students Related Concepts Sorting Matching Classification Same Different Comparing Organization V...
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Children who are sighted naturally learn categories through constant observation of their environment. They see fruits displayed together in grocery stores, books organized by subject in libraries, clothing grouped in stores, vehicles traveling together on roads, and classroom materials stored by type. These repeated visual experiences help children underst...
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Understanding categorizing supports language, literacy, mathematics, problem solving, categorization, prediction, communication, daily living, and later abstract learning.
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