Teaching Resource
Identifying Colors - Sorting Game
A fun sorting game for students to play when learning their colors.
Use this teaching resource with children to assist them with identifying and sorting by different colors.
Print the colored jars and the set of everyday colored object cards on cardstock. Ask the children to sort the object cards by color and place them into the correct jar.
This sorting game includes the following colors:
- red
- blue
- yellow
- purple
- green
- orange.
Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.A
Sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

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