This FREE color matching bugs printable makes a great sorting or matching activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Use all of the pieces to sort by color or just use two sets to work on matching. You can also use this set to play Memory. Here are some different ways you can use these …
Children of all ages benefit from sorting. Whether young children are sorting two items into piles or an older child is sorting vocabulary by different characteristics, sorting is stimulating the brain. It is a great activity to develop an important skill. Comparing, contrasting, and grouping while children are sorting positively impacts logical thinking skills and …
Using a bag of small Fall themed foam shapes, I used a Sharpie to create a Fall Math Sorting Game. We were practicing both cardinal and ordinal numbers and simple addition math facts (Example: 1st, one, 1, first, 1+0), but you can customize your game to include whatever you are working on. Ideas: numerals and …
Put your junk mail to good use and make an All About Me poster! Armed with a stack of grocery flyers, toy store ads, circulars and a few simple art supplies, your preschooler can make a cool poster AND he’ll get some hands-on sorting practice, a key early math skill. What You Need: Junk mail …
My two year old is really into building with Legos! Since Legos come in all different colors I thought it would be a great way to introduce sorting! Sorting Legos by Color I picked up a pink lego and asked her what color it was. She said “pink”. I asked her if she could …
This sorting game can be played with any age group and any skill with your own play food at home! While playing outside in the cottage kitchen, we decided to cook up some special orders. I asked for foods that start with the letter “B” My daughter proudly served me bread, blueberries, burger, and a …
Want a simple way to use some of those fabulous Do a Dot printables floating around on the internet without busting out the paints? While painting them with dot markers is a lot of fun, I wanted something my toddler could do more independently without the risk of having fabulous new dot artwork all over …
This sorting beads activity started with a giant bag of pony beads from the craft store. I liked that this bag included flower beads and animals beads. It is a perfect mix for sorting! Using a mini muffin tin, I told my girls “Sort these beads…however you would like!” I gave them each a bowl …
I found a package of colorful learning links at the Dollar Tree and knew they’d be great learning tools for G (2 years old). Here are some ways we used them for learning link activities: Patterns Making AB patterns was totally new to him, and it took a few tries, but he totally got the …
This Thanksgiving sorting activity is a fun way to introduce sorting as well as share about Thanksgiving with your child. Be sure to check out the variations to modify it for an older toddler! This Thanksgiving Sorting Printable is free to download, print, and cut. We used them for sorting with my 18 month old …
Opportunities to sort with your toddler will often pop up without any planning (and often it is the most meaningful). Instead of sorting the monkeys by color into a tray or piles, sort them as you hang them. Hanging the monkeys with their same colored friends instantly becomes a game. Your toddler …
Halloween candy isn’t just for eating. You can be learning with candy too! Sorting is one of the best ways. Kids don’t even realize they are learning as they practice this important skill with their candy. Sort by Color Sort by Shape Sort by Type sort by brand -Which did you get the most …