Skittles Colour Match-Up

Using Skittles for this hands-on activity is a fun way to practise colour recognition, counting, adding and fine motor skills.

For this activity:

You will need: Skittles in a variety of colours, white paper, coloured markers to match the Skittle colours (red, green, yellow, orange, purple).
Cut out a circle or an egg shape (to get into the Easter spirit) using the white paper and make a variety of dots using the coloured markers.
Tape the paper onto the table so it doesn’t move.
Provide a bowl of Skittles and ask your child to cover up each dot with the matching colour of Skittle. Reinforce the colour names – they can say the colour as they cover up the dot.
To extend this activity to cover maths, once all the dots are covered, ask them to count how many of each colour they see. To extend further, write these numbers down and using a number line or 100 square, add them together to find the total number of Skittles.