OVERVIEW
Prep time: 2 minutes
Difficulty: Easy Peasy
Estimated Cost: 20 AED
Mess level:
Age: 2 plus
What you need
Examples of objects to gather include
Hairbands
Lego
Figurines
Coins
Bath Toys etc
Instructions
Grab any small house hold items of different colours and place in a basket to encourage your child to sort
Benefits:
Sorting objects, matching shapes, colours and then pictures help's build visual perception and thinking skills.
Children can generally sort into colours before they can identify the name of the colours.
Learning to categories and classify helps memory skills.
Top tip:
If you don't have many coloured objects you can just cut out pieces of coloured paper
Other easy objects you can use to colour sort:
Kids coloured food pouch lids
Pipe cleaners
Pom pom (come in all different shapes and sizes and can be used for DIY activities when they get older.)
Play dough
Coloured ice cubes
Plastic coloured egg cups
Lego
Magna tiles