Toddler Workbook Activities: Part. 38

If you’re looking for simple toddler workbook activities you can create at home, here are five more ideas to add to your toddler’s learning routine! For Part 38 of our toddler workbook activities, we’re practicing scissor skills, letter recognition, counting, colors, and shapes!

I love putting together activities like these because they’re simple, hands-on, and easy to customize based on what your toddler is currently learning. Most of these only require basic supplies you may already have at home, like markers, dot stickers, foam stickers, and toddler-safe scissors.

Here is the link to my 100+ Workbook Activities Guide (workbook focused). I also have an 8 Week Activity Guide (list of themed activities to do at home/outside). I also made matching flashcards for Weeks 1-4 and Weeks 5-8!

Here are the links to the 3 main supplies I use – other than colored markers!

1. Sketchbook – It doesn’t bleed through even with sharpie or markers.
2. Dot Markers – Use this for color, number or letter recognition. There is so much you can do with these markers!
3. Dot Stickers – Use this for color recognition and creative crafting. My toddler loves them!

1. Jellyfish Cutting Activity

For our first activity, I made a simple jellyfish cutting page to work on scissor skills and hand-eye coordination.

I drew and cut out a jellyfish, then added eight straight lines coming down from the bottom of the jellyfish. My toddler used her scissors to cut along each line.

This is such an easy way to introduce cutting practice because the lines are short and simple to follow. You can also change the lines as your toddler becomes more comfortable with scissors by adding wavy, zigzag, or curved lines.

Skills practiced:

• Scissor skills
• Fine motor skills
• Hand-eye coordination
• Following lines

2. Rainbow Name Sticker Activity

Next, we worked on letter recognition with a rainbow-inspired name activity.

I drew a cloud and wrote her name inside. Underneath the cloud, I drew a column for each letter of her name and added different colored dots going down each column.

I then wrote the letters of her name onto matching colored dot stickers. She had to find the correct letter sticker and place it onto the corresponding dots to spell her name.

This activity combines name recognition, letters, colors, and fine motor practice all in one!

Skills practiced:

• Letter recognition
• Name recognition
• Color matching
• Fine motor skills

3. Balloon Number Matching

For our third activity, we practiced counting and number recognition with a balloon matching page.

On the left side of the page, I drew several balloons and added a different number of dots inside each one. On the right side, I wrote the corresponding numbers.

My toddler counted the dots inside each balloon and then used a marker to draw a line connecting the balloon to the correct number.

For younger toddlers, start with smaller numbers like 1 through 5. As they become more confident with counting, you can increase the numbers.

Skills practiced:

• Counting
• Number recognition
• One-to-one correspondence
• Matching
• Hand-eye coordination

4. Color-by-Code Shape House

For this activity, I drew a simple house filled with four different shapes: circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles.

I created a color code at the top of the page by assigning a different color to each shape. For example, the circle might be purple and the square might be green.

My toddler looked at the color code, found each matching shape inside the house, and colored it using the correct color.

It’s essentially a toddler-friendly color-by-code activity that gives them practice identifying both colors and shapes.

Skills practiced:

• Shape recognition
• Color recognition
• Following directions
• Matching
• Fine motor skills

5. Foam Sticker Shape Matching

Our last activity was a simple shape-matching page using foam stickers.

I drew three different shapes: a circle, square, and star. Then I gave my toddler foam shape stickers and had her identify each one before placing it on the matching shape line.

Peeling and placing the stickers also adds an extra fine motor element to the activity.

You can easily make this activity more challenging by adding additional shapes like triangles, rectangles, hearts, or ovals.

Skills practiced:

• Shape recognition
• Matching
• Fine motor skills
• Hand-eye coordination

Supplies

You can customize all five toddler workbook activities depending on what you already have at home. Here are some of the supplies I used:

• Paper or a toddler workbook
• Markers
• Crayons
• Toddler-safe scissors
• Colored dot stickers
• Foam shape stickers
• Pencil or pen

Simple Toddler Learning Activities at Home

One of my favorite things about making our own toddler workbook activities is being able to adjust them as she learns. Something as simple as stickers, dots, shapes, or a few lines drawn on a page can become a fun learning activity without needing an elaborate setup.

For Part 38, we focused on a mix of fine motor skills and early learning concepts, including cutting, letter recognition, counting, colors, and shapes.

If you recreate any of these activities, you can always simplify them for younger toddlers or make them more challenging for preschoolers by adding more letters, larger numbers, additional shapes, or more detailed cutting lines.

And if you’re following along with our toddler workbook series, save these ideas for your next at-home learning day!