At a recent birthday party that your daughter attended, she received a bag of colourful 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 and people). What was she doing?

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Categorising involves grouping items based on shared characteristics, which is what the daughter was doing by grouping animals, cars, and people.

At a Recent Birthday Party That Your Daughter Attended, She