Sorting Activities For Preschoolers

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Teaching Sorting To Preschool

Check out this ultimate resource page for teaching sorting to preschoolers! Sorting is an essential part of any curriculum, and as a preschool teacher, you know just how important it is. Check out all the tools, tips, and tricks below to make teaching sorting a breeze. From awesome blog posts to amazing lesson plans and our favorite products.


How To Teach Sorting To Preschoolers

Teaching sorting to preschoolers can be a delightful and engaging experience that lays the foundation for developing essential cognitive and motor skills. Start by introducing a variety of everyday objects or toys with distinct characteristics, such as colors, shapes, or sizes. Begin with a simple sorting rule, like grouping objects by color. Encourage hands-on exploration by providing colorful bins or trays for the children to place items of the same color together. Use descriptive language as you guide them through the process, fostering vocabulary development. Incorporate playful activities, such as sorting snacks during snack time or sorting socks while singing a sorting song. Check out the blog posts below for even more engaging sorting activities.

teaching sorting to preschoolers
teaching sorting to preschoolers

Preschool Sorting activities

This preschool math curriculum contains 15 lessons that teach shapes and sorting. This Unit 2 Preschool Math is broken down into 5 easy-to follow weeks with three lessons per week. A new concept is taught each week, and previous concepts are reviewed.

Your students will LOVE the hands-on, play-based shape and sorting activities. You will LOVE the simple, organized format. This preschool Math Unit includes everything you need to teach preschoolers all about shapes and sorting. Created especially for ages 3-4.


Let’s Get Sorting Classroom Favorites

Get ready to have a blast teaching sorting to preschoolers! It’s not just educational; it’s super fun, too. I’m a preschool teacher, and let me tell you, using sorting toys in our math center and teacher table activities is a game-changer. The kids absolutely love it, and it makes learning a total joy. Get a peek at some of my top classroom picks below!

Preschool Math Main Page

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