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Car Color Sort: Outdoor Math for Littles who LOVE Matchbox Cars

Have a little one that grabs a green car and says red?

My preschoolers seem to need lots of practice hearing and saying the color words before they seemed to “sink in.”  This car color sort is such an easy way to bring colors and sorting (a math concept) into playtime.

We take this easy math activity out anytime the kids are playing on the driveway with chalk.  Scroll to the bottom for ideas on how to adapt it for kids who have mastered the car color sort and need an additional challenge!

Outdoor Car Play and Learning Cars and Colors

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Materials Needed for Car Color Sort

  • Sidewalk chalk
  • 3 cars or other small vehicles

Ages: Best for ages 3-6

Learning Objective: Children will sort cars by color.

Vocabulary: Sorting, Color Words {red, yellow, green, blue, orange, black, grey, purple}

 Directions for Car Color Sort

  1. Draw color circles with the sidewalk chalk on the driveway.
  2. Set cars near the circles. Point to the color circles and say the name of each color.
  3. Let your child sort the cars by color. Encourage them to say the name of the color as they put the cars in each circle.
  4. Pick up a car with more than 1 color. Ask what circle the car would go in. Then have your child explain why they selected that circle.
Car Color Sort : Child sorting colors by the color yellow

“Does this go in the yellow circle Mama?”

Activity Extensions for Color Car Sort

For kids who already know their colors: Select one color chalk and make circles with just that color. Write a different color word underneath each circle.  Have your child complete the above directions for the car color sort.  The learning objective changes to: reads the color words.

Make color word cards.  Use a black permanent marker and write a color word on a 3×5 notecard.  Use all lowercase letters.  Set these color cards in a pile next to the color car circles.  Read the word to your child. Then have them place the card inside the correct circle.

Love learning with cars?

Zoom your cars to build letters with this easy letter matching roads driveway maze.

Grab your water buckets.  Splash, giggle and learn with this Car Wash Subtraction activity for kids.

Zoom and Learn, a FUN & EASY literacy activity for preschoolers. Get learning outside with this alphabet car activity for kids.
Letter matching roads: a great way to practice the alphabet outside. Letter learning fun!
Car Wash Subtraction: Child having fun washing cars and learning math outdoors

FOR EVEN MORE PLAYFUL LEARNING CAR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, YOU MAY ENJOY

Letter Matching Roads

Learning about Weight with Cars

Car Wash Subtraction

How Many Cars Equals 1 Lb?

Magnetic Car Sensory Bin

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Filed Under: Math Tagged With: cars, Colors, outdoor, Preschool, sidewalk chalk, Summer, Toddler

About Amanda Boyarshinov

K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

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