This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click through and make purchases through those links, I can earn a commission. For more information, feel free to see our full disclosure.
Are you looking for a quick and simple toddler activity? This simple color sorting activity for toddlers might be just the thing. A fun way to allow toddlers to practice recognizing colors and sorting objects by color.
Do you have a toddler that is busy learning colors? Or maybe you are looking for a simple way to introduce colors to your toddler.
If that’s you, I’m excited to share this very simple, but really useful color sorting activity with you today.
When our middle was about 18 months old, we started to intentionally introduce colors to him. Already, we pointed out colors around us and in books, but I was looking for a fun, playful, and easy way to focus on colors with him.
So, I grabbed construction paper and my trusty laminator and made what I guess you could call DIY color flashcards.
You could also just call them laminated construction paper and that would be fine, too.
At first, we just used the cards – one or two at a time to practice our colors. I’d hold up a card and tell him what the color was.
“This is red. Can you say red?” and so on. We’d do it a few times a day.
Once he got some of his colors, we introduced the concept of sorting objects by color and this simple activity was born.
Mega Bloks Color Sorting Activity for Toddlers
This activity is SO simple, you can easily set it up and enjoy it with your own toddler today!
Here’s all you need:
- Colored Construction Paper
- We laminated ours so we can use them over and over, but this is optional.
- Mega Bloks or other colorful items for sorting.
- You can also use fun counters like these bears or other solid color toys.
- Another idea is to simply cut up smaller pieces of construction paper to match to the larger pieces.
Instructions
Set out your color cards and Mega Bloks. If this is the first time you are introducing sorting to your toddler, you will likely need to demonstrate and even verbally walk them through what you are doing.
“See this block? Do you know what color it is?”
“This is a blue block. Do you see a blue paper that matches it?”
“This blue block matches here to this blue paper.”
And so on.
Of course, we celebrate big time when they get the hang of it.
Advice for Getting Started Sorting Colors with Toddlers
We have several color cards, but my advice if this is a new concept to your toddler is just to focus on one or two colors at a time and build from there.
Too many colors can be overwhelming and even frustrating for little ones.
We want to build not only their skills, but their confidence, too with this activity.
Even if you just have one color paper and one color blocks and practice identifying that the blocks match the paper, your child is still busy learning and making connections.
Just like anything else, learning colors is a process and they’ll get it in their time.
Another tip is to make sure that you only have Mega Bloks or other sorting items that have a match to your paper. (For example, I pulled out all the turquoise blocks before we started because we were not trying to learn turquoise just starting out.)
More Sorting Fun
Once your little one has a good grasp on sorting, you can use your color cards to let them go on a “color hunt” around the house to identify items that are each color on their own. This one is always a hit around here.
How did you teach your toddler about colors? What are some of your favorite color activities for toddlers?
