Color & Shape Button Sorting
What you'll need:
1 bag of color, shape buttons (Hobby Lobby)
Sorting worksheet (download printable worksheet)
1-3 pieces of paper
Pencil
Getting Started:
This adaptable activity helps reinforce colors and shapes while children practice sorting, matching, pattern making, and counting skills. Here are just two of the activities you can work through:
Activity One:
- Lay out your worksheet and ask your child to match the buttons with the printed shapes
- Encourage them to make rows of one color, rainbow, or alternating patterns
- Ask you child to identify each shape and/or color
Activity Two:
- Lay out paper and ask your child to sort the buttons into shape or color piles
- Ask them to count how many buttons are in each pile and write the numbers next to the pile
- Have your child identify the highest, lowest, even or odd numbers
What it teaches:
Fine motor skills
Color identification
Shape identification
Sorting skills
Pattern making
Counting
Number identification
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