Healthy Foods Color Sort

Name each food together first, since some, like squash or purple onion, may be new. Then children cut out the cards and glue them into the matching column. Precut the cards for very young children or for a quick center. Follow up by asking which colors were on today's lunch plate. At home, try a color hunt at the grocery store or tasting one new food from the sort.

2 pages. Page 1: Sort 9 food cards into Red, Yellow and Green columns. Page 2: Sort 6 food cards into Orange and Blue and Purple columns.

Yes. We made it for Kindergarten food, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

1 printable resource, free to preview. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for Kindergarten students, roughly ages 5-6. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a Kindergarten classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.