Question

At a recent birthday party that your daughter attended she received a bag of colorful plastic toys. there were several animals, a few cars, and people. after you opened the bag, your daughter started playing with them. after a few minutes you noticed that she was putting them into groups (e.g., animals, cars, people, etc.). what was she doing?

Answer 1

She is categorizing these toys.Part of your child's development is acquiring "Classification Skills". In this scenario, your daughter grouped these plastic toys according to what she deemed similar. Kids, mostly 1 to 3 years old, exhibit this particular set of skills during this phase. They could classify and group object based on their categories and physical appearance. A child could also group objects based not only on their physical attributes but also their functions.

Answer 2

Answer:

Categorizing

Explanation:

Categorizing is an activity in which the individual is able to differentiate different objects in a certain manner. It entails that the individual was able to recognize and understand the different characteristics of the objects. This can possibly be it's shape, size, color or even its very nature. As in this example, the kid is categorizing them by their type, i.e. animals, cars, people etc.