Sorting & Categorizing Worksheets

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Circle What Belongs: Sunny Day

Circle What Belongs: Sunny Day Circle What Belongs: Sunny Day

Give your child some categorization practice with this sunny day worksheet. She'll pick out and circle the objects that show up when the sun is shining.

In the Classroom In the Classroom

Challenge your preschooler to locate all the items that don't belong in the classroom. Lions and monkeys in the classroom? Not in this world.

Healthy Food Game Healthy Food Game

Give your preschooler some basic sorting and categorizing practice and sneak in a health tip at the same time.

Post Office Game Post Office Game

This fun preschool post office game will improve your child's sorting and categorizing skills, and it may also provide a few hoots and hollers.

Cut and Categorize #3

Cut and Categorize #3 Interactive Worksheet Cut and Categorize #3 Categorize the objects by location in this cut-and-paste sorting worksheet! Interactive Worksheet Sort 2D and 3D Shapes Interactive Worksheet Sort 2D and 3D Shapes

Can your kid tell the difference between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes? Kindergarten is a good time to start!

Kindergarten Interactive Worksheet Picture Categorization Interactive Worksheet Picture Categorization In each group of pictures, children will circle the one that is different from the rest. Interactive Worksheet Graph the Frequency: The First 100 Digits of Pi Graph the Frequency: The First 100 Digits of Pi

Graph the frequency of each digit in the first 100 digits of pi in this data and graphing worksheet!

Cut and Categorize #1

Cut and Categorize #1 Cut and Categorize #1

This colorful categorizing worksheet asks your preschooler to cut and paste each cute picture into its proper category: "animal" or "food."

What Doesn't Belong at School?

What Doesn't Belong at School? What Doesn't Belong at School?

Backpack, ice cream cone, pencil, scissors: One of these objects is not an essential school item. Preschoolers identify the object that does not belong.

Shape Jumble

Shape Jumble Shape Jumble Help your kindergarten child learn his geometric shapes with this printable coloring worksheet. Kindergarten More Pictures to Sort and Categorize More Pictures to Sort and Categorize

In this worksheet, your child will practice identifying shapes and sizes of buttons. Cut them out, and sort them into two distinct categories.

Cut and Categorize #4 Interactive Worksheet Cut and Categorize #4

Which of these cute images are insects, and which are not? Can your preschooler put them into categories?

Interactive Worksheet Sort It Out Interactive Worksheet Sort It Out

Does your student understand how to sort by shapes and colors? Find out with this sorting assessment.

Interactive Worksheet Food Is Fantastic: Healthy or Not Healthy? Food Is Fantastic: Healthy or Not Healthy?

Get kids started on eating right with this printable activity. Cut out the pictures of the different foods and paste just the healthy ones onto the plate.

Kindergarten Categorization: Food Categorization: Food

Blossoming foodies will enjoy our gastronomically focused categorization worksheet. Kids will sort food and drink by type in this food categorization worksheet.

Sort and Count Fruits Sort and Count Fruits

How many different kinds of fruit do you see? Help your child learn to sort and count objects with a fun coloring activity.

Kindergarten Big and Little and Sometimes in the Middle! Big and Little and Sometimes in the Middle! Big, small, and even in between! Challenge your kindergarteners to sort images by size. Kindergarten

Cut and Categorize #2

Cut and Categorize #2 Cut and Categorize #2

Help your preschooler clue into categories with this adorable worksheet! It asks her to cut out each pretty picture, and then glue it into its proper spot.

School Time Coloring Page School Time Coloring Page Help your student learn what is and is not school appropriate with this coloring page. Social studies

Circle What Belongs: Rainy Day

Circle What Belongs: Rainy Day Circle What Belongs: Rainy Day

Which shoes are better for a rainy day, sandals or boots? This worksheet helps kids think critically about what things they see when the rain is pouring.

Animal Cut and Paste Animal Cut and Paste

Little zookeepers can have some fun placing these animals in the right spot--do they fly, swim or crawl?

Beach Girl Paper Doll Beach Girl Paper Doll

What would you wear if you were going to the beach? Have some fun with this sunny worksheet all about the seasons.

Classification of Living Things Classification of Living Things

Can your budding learner tell which of these items are living things? As she colors each picture, she'll decide if it grows and takes in air, water, or energy.

Count and Classify: Fruits and Vegetables Count and Classify: Fruits and Vegetables

Count and classify your produce beyond fruits and vegetables. Try this fruits and vegetables worksheet to increase your child's sorting skills.

Cut-Out Graph: Sea Creatures Cut-Out Graph: Sea Creatures This bubbly worksheet takes the stress out of math by turning it into a hands-on experiment. Kindergarten Technology Then and Now Technology Then and Now

Technology has changed a lot in the past 100 years! Help your child figure out which items were used long ago and which ones we use today for the same purpose.

Drawing Living and Non-Living Things Drawing Living and Non-Living Things

Go on an adventure hike and discover what's in your backyard or around your neighborhood! Help your preschooler look for living and non-living things.

Sort and Count at the Beach Sort and Count at the Beach

All these beach toys need to be organized! Is your child up to the task? She'll get to color while she counts and sorts the different items in the picture.

Kindergarten Where Do They Belong? Where Do They Belong?

Where do they belong? Sorting and categorizing is an essential preschool skill! Get some practice with this 2-page worksheet.

Sorting & Categorizing Worksheets

Learning to sort has never been easier with our sorting and categorizing worksheets! Designed for kids from preschool to first grade, these sorting and categorizing worksheets use colorful illustrations to engage young learners in the practice of matching different objects. While your kids explore pictures, including animals, fruits, vehicles, and more, you will watch them strengthen their fine motor skills, organization, and math fundamentals!

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