Use this colorful sorting game to teach young children colors! Work on visual perception with this fun color game. It’s a fun way to learn and young kids won’t even realize that they’re learning. This is a fun game that not only can be used to learn colors, but it can be good for counting, and learning color sight words as well.

Let’s make a color sorting game to play!

Easy Color Sorting Game for Preschoolers

Sorting things into groups is a form of classification. Classification is an important science and math skill that helps us organize things and see patterns.

Have you noticed your child sorting things into groups based on color or shape? They begin to sort and classify naturally, but you can create opportunities to help them develop their skills even further.

• This fun color sorting game for preschoolers not only teaches classification, but colors, sight words, and even works on their fine motor skills as they have to pinch and manipulate the clothes pin.
• This color sorting activity doubles as a fine motor skill game, as well as a colors sight words game.

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Supplies Needed For This Fun Color Matching Game

• Pom Poms
• Paint Palette
• White Paper or labels
• Crayons or markers
• Glue Stick or tape
• Clothes pin

Directions to Make Color Sorting Game for Kids

1. Using labels or small pieces of paper and a crayon or marker, note the names of the colors you are going to be using.
2. Attach the color names to areas on the paint palette with tape or a little glue.
3. Make a pile of the pom poms in assorted colors that are represented on the palette nearby.
4. Grab your clothespin too.

How To Play Color Sorting Game

Step 1

Play a pile of pom poms next to the labeled paint palette. You could also place them into a container to keep them in place if need be.

Step 2

Hand your little one the clothes pin.

Step 3

Then let them sort the pom poms by color with the corresponding color sight word.

Step 4

Have your child repeat each color word as they sort the pom poms.

Step 5

Once they have all the pom poms classified in the correct place they win!

Step 6

If they mixed up some colors you can always take them back out to try again.

Note:

If your little one is having a hard time with opening and closing a clothes pin, you could always use mini tongs or tweezers (flat not pointed ones).

Why We Love This Fun Colorful Sorting Game For Toddlers And Preschoolers

Teaching younger kids the basics like colors can be challenging sometimes which is why color sorting games are so awesome. This color sorting game for preschoolers help reinforce colors and words which is a bonus.

Little kids are ready to play, not sit down and focus on words and paper. They learn from the world around them and by doing, so why not making learning colors interactive!

More Ideas For This Colorful Sorting Game

• My 4 year old son loved this game. And if you don’t have pom poms on hand you can use a number of items like M&Ms, beads, etc.
• Young minds are eager to learn, but we have to do it fun! And you can always spice up the game and use different items and do this on a bigger level.
• You can flatten out cardboard and write out the color name and have kids move toys and different items to each color.

Color Sorting Game for Preschoolers

Print

Learn colors the fun way using pom poms, a paint palette, and a clothes pin! This color sorting game is perfect for preschoolers!

Materials

• Pom Poms
• Paint Palette
• White Paper
• Crayons
• Glue Stick

Instructions

1. Play a pile of pom poms next to the labeled paint palette. You could also place them into a container to keep them in place if need be.
2. Hand your little one the clothes pin.
3. Then let them sort the pom poms by color with the corresponding color sight word.
4. Have your child repeat each color word as they sort the pom poms.
5. Once they have all the pom poms classified in the correct place they win!
6. If they mixed up some colors you can always take them back out to try again.

Notes

If your little one is having a hard time with opening and closing a clothes pin, you could always use mini tongs or tweezers (flat not pointed ones).

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