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Color Recognition Activities that Also Build Fine Motor Skills

July 3, 2020 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: These toddler and preschool color recognition activities get the hands involved, building important fine motor skills. 

Looking for color recognition activities your toddlers and preschoolers will love?

I’ve got just the collection for you!

I took it a step further and added activities that not only teach colors, but also get the hands involved.

Adding fine motor to any activity is a great way to get the hands ready for writing, and it’s actually very easy to do.

Best part? These can be done in the classroom or at home!

Color Recognition Activities that Also Build Fine Motor Skills

 

Color Recognition Activities that Also Build Fine Motor Skills

Toddlers

Button Color Sorting: Sort large buttons by color and press into playdough.

Feed the Caterpillars: Use the hands to drop colored pom poms down matching tubes. (Happy Toddler Playtime)

Color Sorting Box: Sort pipe cleaners by colors and insert through matching holes. (Still Playing School)

Color Match Ball Game: Turn a muffin tin into a color sorting activity and transport balls with tongs. (The Imagination Tree)

Cotton Tip Push Activity: Use the fingers to pick up and press Q-Tips into matching colored slots. (My Bored Toddler)

Craft Stick Color Matching: Toddlers will have fun picking up the craft sticks and placing them into matching colored cups. (Dayna Banya)

Preschoolers 

Fish Color Sorting Water Activity: Use a net to scoop fish and drop them into matching colored bowls.

Rainbow Necklace: Arrange dyed macaroni by the colors of the rainbow and then thread them.

Fizzy Rainbows: Add some chemistry to this colorful experiment while also squeezing droppers. (Play to Learn Preschool)

Shapes and Colors Busy Bag: Match clothespins to the same colored piece of felt. (Simple Play Ideas)

Flower Color Sorting: Sort and arrange flowers by color (free printable pages included).

Pipe Cleaner Rainbows: Press colored pipe cleaners into a colander to make a rainbow. (B-Inspired Mama)

Fish Color Matching: It takes great concentration to hook the fish and drop them into the matching colored tube. (Homeschool AEC)

Color Recognition Activities that Also Build Fine Motor Skills

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Filed Under: Colors, Fine Motor, preschool, Preschool Fine Motor, Toddler Fine Motor, Toddlers Tagged With: colors, fine motor, preschool, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Mary Catherine

    June 26, 2015 at 10:00 am

    What a wonderful collection of ideas! 🙂

  2. Amy Jane Wyndham

    August 16, 2020 at 2:01 am

    You have a great collection of ideas. Thank you so much for sharing and for all the Freebies!

    • Sheryl Cooper

      September 7, 2020 at 8:24 am

      You are so welcome. Happy to have you here!

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