Why Toddlers Love Sorting »

Posted By Jayson 12 months ago in Family

Tessah Cheran, 3, likes to dump her crayons all over the floor and organize them. "She sorts them not only by color but by size -- long or short, fat or skinny," says her mom, Megan, of Harmony Township, PA. "Sometimes she'll even take marker tops and put them on crayons of the matching color."

This grouping impulse is not only adorable, it's also an important developmental milestone, says Kyle Pruett, M.D., clinical professor of child psychiatry at Yale University.

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