I absolutely love the holidays, and I think they are even more fun with young children! St. Patricks Day is such a good one, and we love doing all things RAINBOW during the month of March! Here are 3 adorable rainbow themed math activities with Skittles that will make math time so FUN!

#1: Skittle Rainbow Counting

For this activity you will need:

1. Rainbow Digital Download (FREE!) Grab it below

2. Dice

3. Skittles in a bowl

How to play:

• Roll the dice and pull that many skittles out of the bowl.

• Place the skittles in the correct color circle on the rainbow.

• Repeat the activity until all of the spaces are filled or you run out of skittles!

• Another optional activity would be to print two rainbows and have a race with your child to see who can fill their rainbow first!

#2: Skittle Color Sort

For this activity you will need:

1. Rainbow Sorting digital download (FREE) Get it below

2. Skittles

3. Optional tweezers for extra fine motor practice

How to play:

Simply grab a handful of colors, and sort them into the correct circle! Make the activity more challenging by using tweezers to practice fine motor skills!

#3: Skittle Graphing

For this last math activity you will need:

1. Rainbow Graphing Digital Download (FREE) Grab it below!

2. Skittles

How to Play:

• Have your student take a handful of skittles and put them next to their paper.

• Next, sort the skittles into the correct columns to make a graph.

• Then count the number of skittles in each category.

• Draw tally marks in the left hand column to represent each color of skittles on the graph.

Video

Here’s a quick little video to show these math games in action!

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