Teach your little learners their colors with this color jar matching activity featuring bugs and garden critters!
Your children or students will enjoy practicing their fine motor skills and color matching abilities with this set of free printables.

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This bugs and insects themed color sorting activity is perfect for spring, but it can be used at other times of year.
These pages are great to go along with reading a favorite book like The Backyard Bug Book. My daughter loved this book when she was younger and still enjoys bugs and insects!
- Davidson, Lauren (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages - 09/24/2019 (Publication Date) - Callisto Kids (Publisher)
This color sorting activity is perfect for classroom centers and busy binders. Laminate the pages or slide them in dry erase pockets to make the pages reusable!
- Package includes 6 dry erase pocket sleeves in 6 bright colors, which are red, green, yellow, orange, pink, and blue.
- Mr. Pen dry erase pocket sleeves are made with durable and long-lasting PET plastic with industrial-grade stitching according to the highest quality...
- Our dry erase pockets measure 10 x 14 inches, which makes them perfect for storing most sizes of paper or student activity sheets.
You can make the activity easier for younger children, and save on cutting, by using your bug jar printables with insect themed colored counting tokens like these backyard bugs.
- These creepy crawly counters turn learning early math concepts into fun adventures
- Master early math standards such as grouping, sorting, patterning, classifying objects, and counting
- Set of 72 counters in six colors includes grasshopper, bumblebee, beetle, spider, dragonfly, and caterpillar; all packaged in a reusable plastic tub
You can also turn the sheets into a cut and paste activity for more fine motor practice.

How to use your color sorting jars activity
First, grab your free printable PDF file from lower down in the post.
Next, print out all of the pages. I recommend using a heavyweight paper, like this 32# HP paper, or white card stock.
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Laminate the pages before cutting, if you want to laminate. I highly recommend laminating the pages with the colored pieces and either laminating the jars or sliding them into dry erase pockets.
- Package includes 6 dry erase pocket sleeves in 6 bright colors, which are red, green, yellow, orange, pink, and blue.
- Mr. Pen dry erase pocket sleeves are made with durable and long-lasting PET plastic with industrial-grade stitching according to the highest quality...
- Our dry erase pockets measure 10 x 14 inches, which makes them perfect for storing most sizes of paper or student activity sheets.
Cut out the colored images. There's no need to "fussy cut" around each and every edge. I recommend cutting the pieces into tiles or circles. You can also cut out the jars, if you want.
Show your child or students how to match up images with the appropriate jar color. You can add hook at loop dots or use poster putty if you want to include this activity in a busy binder.

Store the pieces in a small task box to keep the activity safe for next time!
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- Large Capacity Storage Set: Includes 6 individual 4" x 6" photo cases, individual cases measure 4.75 x 6.70 x 1.23 inches, each holding up to 100...
Your free printable color sorting activity includes nine colors and assorted bugs and insects. Here's a look at all of the pages in your printable:

Spring color matching printable PDF file download area
This printable is licensed for personal use and single classroom use. This includes use with therapy clients, homeschool co-ops, etc.
You are not licensed to sell or redistribute the files to other adults to use with their children/students. Please refer friends and colleagues to this post to download their own copies.
I hope you enjoy this spring themed color sorting activity! Make sure to stop by the posts below for more free printables for spring:











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