Shape and color activities

Find a variety of hands-on shape and color activities in today’s post!

Colors and shapes are two of those things your child should know before he starts kindergarten. Thankfully, they’re fun to teach!

Even though I have taken a very laid-back approach to teaching my kids colors and shapes, my oldest four kids have learned them well by age 3 1/2. I’m doing the same sort of activities with my Two.

• We talk about shapes and colors as we go through our daily routine.
• We read books about colors and shapes.
• We play simple sorting games.

For a variety of fun, simple ways to teach colors and shapes, keep reading!

• Sort Froot Loops by color – I Can Teach My Child

• Sort toy food by color – This Little Home of Mine

• Do a color sorting sensory bin – I prefer to use stale cereal so my kids aren’t as tempted 😉 – The Resourceful Mama

• Print these free books about colors – and read them often. Repeat the color word when you name each object. (My Two loves these!)

• Make a color sorting train – Fun Learning for Kids

• Do a colorful pom pom drop – Imagination Tree

• Do an outdoor color hunt with items from nature– No Time for Flashcards

• Sort counting bears with a free printable sorting mat

• Sort shapes from magazines – Fun Learning for Kids

• Do an indoor shape hunt – Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls

• Make large shape outlines on the floor with washi tape and build on top of them – Learning 4 Kids

• Make an easy shape collage – Nurture Store

• Sort snacks by shape – Chieu Anh Urban

• Clip the matching shape

• Read books about shapes – Gift of Curiosity

I hope you’ve found some fun color and shape activities to try with your preschooler at home or in the classroom!

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