Sorting objects of the same colour

This elementary activity is very popular with young children and usually draws them in by the presentation being colorful. Children will learn to sort the same colour objects from a tub of many different things. Red objects are collected by the child and put to one side. Blue objects are taken out and put to one side, yellow, and so on. Objects are sorted by the same colour.

Can any objects be sorted by colour?

Absolutely! The object of this activity is for kids to be able to spot alike things and group them. You can group toy cars by colour, different coloured butterflies, coloured pieces of card, whatever.

How does sorting colours help the child?

Sorting different colours helps children to learn how to sequence, which indirectly prepares their little minds for Mathematics. Sorting coloured buttons (or other objects) teaches children about order, colour identification, colour matching, and concentration.

Looking for more Montessori activities?

Here is the full list of the Montessori tasks, including preliminary, elementary, applied exercises, and grace and courtesy. Just click on the activity you want to learn about to go there.

Montessori preliminary exercises

• Carrying a tray

• Carrying a chair

• Carrying a table

• Rolling and unrolling a mat

• Carrying a pair of scissors

• Sitting at the table

Montessori elementary exercises

• Spooning

• Grasping

• Pouring

• Spooning and Pouring

• Sponging

• Opening and Closing Boxes

• Opening and Closing Bottles

• Tonging

• Teaching children how to use clothes pegs

• Tweezing

• Dropper exercise

• Sorting buttons of the same size and shape

• Lock and Key

• Nuts and Bolts

• Whisking

• Cloth folding

Montessori Applied Exercises: Care of the Environment

• Dusting

• Watering a plant

• Brass polishing

• Table Setting

• Sweeping

• Cutting and arranging flowers

• Care of the outdoor environment

• Table Scrubbing

Montessori Applied Exercises: Care of the Person

• Velcro frame

• Button frame

• Press Stud frame

• Zipper Frame

• Hook and eye frame

• Buckle frame

• Safety pin frame

• Bow frame

• Lace frame

• Hand washing

Montessori Grace and Courtesy

• How to invite someone into the classroom

• How to walk around someone working on a mat

• How to interrupt someone who is working

• How to observe without disturbing

• Saying please and thank you

• How to greet someone

• How to stand in a queue

• How to answer the telephone

Control of Movement

• Walking on the Line

• The Silence Game