Sort It shows a picture and two baskets. Does the banana go with the animals or with the food? Does the sock belong with things that go or things to wear?
What your child is learning
Sorting is how young children organise the world. To put a frog with the animals, a child has to think about what a frog is, what the group has in common, and whether one fits the other. That is classification, and it is basic to science, maths and language.
It builds vocabulary too. The group names, such as "animals" and "food", are words for whole categories, which are harder to learn than the names of single things.
Each round uses one pair of groups: either animals and food, or things that go and things to wear. The pair is chosen at random when the round begins, so playing again may bring the other.
How to help
Read the two labels at the start, and again whenever needed.
Name the picture. "This is a tractor. Is a tractor something that goes, or something you wear?" Asking it as a silly question makes the answer obvious and gets a laugh.
Ask why. "Why does the carrot go with food?" "Because you can eat it." Explaining the reason is the valuable part.
Enjoy the odd cases. A fish is an animal, and it can also be food. An egg comes from an animal. If your child raises this, they are thinking well. Talk about which group the game wants, and why either could make sense.
Taking it further
Sort the washing: whose is whose? Sort toys into ones with wheels and ones without. Sort the shopping into things for the fridge and things for the cupboard.
Let your child invent the groups.
It is a relaxed game, and one of the HTML5 games here that leads to the best conversations.