Marvy Learns

Marvy Learns is specifically designed to provide experiences in Piagetian Pre-operational skills that involve learning to group, sort and categorize items based on their form, function, characteristics and traits. Children help the Marvy character to place items that fit in a category in the box that best fits that item. Size, color and shape are emphasized. Marvy Learns motivates children to develop their logical and inductive thinking skills by allowing them to actively practice on how to arrange and classify objects based on their features. As a result, your students have the ability to understand the relationships between the different category groups.

An additional benefit of this game is the increase in vocabulary skills. Students learn to associate the displayed objects with the defined vocabulary words represented. They choose the items that correspond to the vocabulary that describes each featured category presented. For example, some categories they will see are titled as: “Clothing”, “Nutrition”, “Vegetables”, and “Dairy”. They can decide which characteristic to sort by They can physically move their hands to arrange the objects. Self-correcting and problem-solving skills are improved as a result of their actions
Teachers and/or therapists can easily individualize and adjust the content of the game according to the age of the child, as well as the level of understanding and skill set they have when it comes to classifying and arranging objects.

This game covers key areas and academic goals:

• Concept Sorting according to categories such as color, function and characteristics

• Naming objects and acquiring new vocabulary words

• Classifying according to Nutrition Concepts

• Classifying according to Real-life Connections

Lastly - the instructor can choose how the student can play the game based on occupational goals. For example, the student can play with one hand or both hands. The game can be set to have a specific time limit during each learning game session.

Marvy Learns is the perfect active learning game to help your students increase and develop gross motor skills, visual perception and eye-hand coordination.

So, round up the kids and get their hands and minds ready to help Marvy on his learning journey!

Supported goals in

Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.

Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).

Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.

Sort objects into categories; count the numbers of objects in each category (limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10).

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.

Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.

Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles. Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.

Reason with shapes and their attributes. Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe foods that are spicy or juicy).

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Sort objects into categories; count the numbers of objects in each category (limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10).

Use newly acquired words in real‐life context.

With guidance and support from adults, sort words or picture cards with words into categories (e.g., shapes, food) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Use newly acquired words in real‐life context.

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

Identify different examples of quadrilaterals

Identify an angle in a two-dimensional figure

Identify perpendicular and parallel lines in a two-dimensional figure

Use high‐frequency nouns in dictating or writing.

With guidance and support, sort objects into categories (e.g., shapes, food) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.