Ordering and Sorting Activities for Kids

Nature Color Scavenger Hunt

November 7, 2025March 4, 2025 by Stephanie Oswald

You know what kids love? Adventures. And you know what’s an easy adventure? A nature color scavenger hunt! Seriously, grab an empty egg carton, toss in some markers, and you’ve got yourself a fun, low-prep way to get kids exploring outside. They’ll be hunting for colors in nature, matching them to their egg carton slots, … Read more

Shaving Cream Sort and Spell

March 8, 2025January 14, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

This week we have been trying out a lot of different spelling activities as my daughter makes her way through her Words Their Way spelling list. So far this game of Shaving Cream Sort and Spell has been my daughter’s favorite — how could it not be for a kid that LOVES sensory messes?!

This game of shaving cream sort and spell is an awesome way to get children examining and manipulating their spelling words!

If you are not familiar with Words Their Way, it is a program that focuses on getting kids to examine and manipulate their spelling words instead of just memorizing them. We have been having a lot of fun with it!

Word Families Lego Sort

March 6, 2025January 12, 2016 by Stephanie Oswald

This year my daughter has been working her way through a spelling development program called Words Their Way. If you are not familiar with Words Their Way I highly suggest you check it out. It is an awesome program for helping kids work on their phonics, vocabulary, and spelling in a way that goes further than just memorization. This game of Word Families Lego Sort is one of the many activities that we do to work on her Words Their Way weekly spelling list.

This game of word families lego sort is an awesome way to work on a Words Their Way spelling list!

When children sort words in games such as this they are engaged in the process of searching, analyzing, comparing, and contrasting. These problem solving skills help teach children how to form generalizations that can be applied when they come across new words that they may not know.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Color Sorting Activity

April 17, 2023March 6, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Color Sorting Activity: This is a quick and simple toddler activity that is a super fun way to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Color Sorting Activity

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of those books that all of my kids have loved to tatters since the day they were introduced to Eric Carle’s world of color. There is just something about his books that invites readers to get lost between the pages.

Being that Meatball is just starting to pique interest in sorting and matching and that Eric Carle is well known for his vibrant illustrations, we decided that the best way to kick off our Caterpillar learning would be through a fun and colorful activity!

Conversation Hearts Fine Motor Color Sorting

March 6, 2025January 25, 2015 by Stephanie Oswald

Candy games are some of Meatball’s favorites. It seriously can’t get much better — candy and playing {plus learning}! With minimal set up conversation hearts color sorting is a quick and easy fine motor activity that is a perfect addition to any Valentine’s Day learning!

Conversation Hearts Fine Motor Color Sorting Activity
At first I thought of making it a slightly complex game with rules, but then that went out the window. Simplicity is really my specialty because I’m not loaded with time, and I know that neither are you.