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Color Sorting and Learning Activity

Color sorting and learning color names is one of the first skills we teach our toddlers. It was one of the first activities I created for my oldest way back when he was my only child. I loved being able to teach him at home. He thought we were spending quality time together, playing a game. We were! We were color sorting and learning color names...and more too. This … [Read more...]

Flowers and Butterflies Color Matching Activity

Flowers and butterflies color matching activity for preschool.

Flowers and butterflies are fun signs of spring. We turned them into a cute preschool activity for learning color words and matching colors. Flowers and butterflies color matching activity for preschool is so easy to make. You need two supplies to create this activity-and you may even be able to skip the cutting out step like I did. Seriously teaching preschool at home is … [Read more...]

Color Matching with Cars

Color matching with cars toddler activity for learning colors.

I set up this activity for my twins when they were 2 years old. I am amazed at how much they enjoyed matching each vehicle to its color. But even more than that, it was fun to see how they kept playing with this simple color matching with cars toddler activity for a long time after the color matching game had finished. Take toy cars and colored paper and you have a quick … [Read more...]

Crayon Color Sorting

Crayon color sorting activity for toddlers at home.

My toddlers were interested in colors around 2 years old. They would point and ask what color something was in their curious way. It’s one of the simplest lessons to teach because we can share color names easily as we go about our day. “The stop sign is red.” “This dog’s fur is brown.” “Your yellow shirt matches my yellow shirt.” This simple, hands-on color sorting … [Read more...]

Color Sorting Bags for Toddlers and Preschool

Create a simple color sorting game for teaching colors and sorting skills with this simple color sorting bags for toddlers and preschool idea.

Can we talk about how inexpensive this activity is?! Color sorting bags for Toddlers and Preschool cost very little because the supplies you need are paper lunch bags, tape, scissors and construction paper. I would guess you have at least two of those supplies at home already.  … [Read more...]

How to Teach Toddlers Colors

Toddler Lesson Plans for learning colors are a simple way to teach toddlers colors with easy activities for toddlers to learn colors in a hands-on way. #sponsored

This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. Please view my disclosure. The confusion about how to teach toddlers colors is officially over! There is so much conflicting opinion about whether to teach toddlers or whether to just sit back and watch them play. My children have always behaved better when they were mentally challenged by a learning activity. When we have … [Read more...]

5 Simple Writing Activities for Toddlers

Easy to set up activities for toddlers that encourage writing skills and learning basic concepts like shapes, numbers and spelling their name.

This post contains affiliate links. Please view my disclosure for more info. I let my children use crayons for the first time when they are toddlers. Usually around a year old, they show interest when I am writing a note, or signing my name, so it is a natural curiosity for toddlers to want to explore writing. These 5 simple writing activities for toddlers are appropriate for … [Read more...]

20+ Toddler Activities to do at Home

Toddlers. They can be tricky! Not quite ready for sitting down and doing focused learning activities, this group is active, always exploring and needs their own fun activities to keep them (I don't like the term busy) investigating the right things rather than getting into the wrong ones. It does not take complicated activities to get toddlers interested in fun play. If you … [Read more...]

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