Blocks and Pompom Colour Sorting

From: Aussie Childcare Network

Encourage children to learn colours by sorting coloured pompoms into the correctly coloured block.

Place the building blocks upside down.
Place the pom poms on the table.
Encourage the child to use the tongs to pick up a coloured pompom and place it in the correctly coloured block.

Children can use their hands rather than tongs
Instead of building blocks, use coloured paper that children can sort the pom poms on.

Appropriate Age: 3 year+
Number of Children: Individual (1)
Developmental Milestones:
established hand preference

manipulates small objects

holds object between thumb and first two fingers

groups objects according to specific characteristics (colour, size, shape etc)

recognises similarities and differences

matches objects and pictures one to one

pays attention to an activity between 5 – 15 minutes at a time

able to identify and name primary colours

understands concepts of sorting, grouping and matching

increased concentration
Play Based Learning: Sensory Play, Exploratory Play
Interest Areas: Puzzle Play
Games Categories: Cognitive Development, Fine Motor Skills, Learning Games, Literacy and Numeracy, Quiet Games
EYLF Outcomes: Learning Outcome 4, Learning Outcome 5
Sub Outcomes:
4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating

4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

5.4 Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work