How to Establish Primary Color Recognition in Preschoolers
February 12, 2008
6:51 pm
PreSchool Mama
Learning Fun
Color recognition activities can start as early as age two, although it ultimately depends on your child.
Many kids tend to find primary colors more difficult to grasp, because the concept of things having different colors is not an easy one to understand. Don’t mix up all the colors in your enthusiasm – start with the three primary colors. Kids find it easier to understand when you can show them each color in the form of an object, rather than trying to point out colors on a chart.
Take a number of objects of the same color in a basket – toy cars, caps, building blocks. These should all be in solid red, blue or yellow. Let’s start with the color red.
Ask your child to hand you things one at a time:
Can you hand me the red car, please?
Next, ask him for the red cap.
Stress the word red always.
Do this for each object in the basket.
Once he’s been able to establish red, move on to yellow and blue.
When he becomes fairly comfortable with these three colors individually, begin mixing them up in a basket.
Can you hand me the red car and the yellow bowl please?
The yellow block and the blue truck?
This won’t happen overnight, but once the primary colors are firmly established, it’s easy and fun to begin experimenting with secondary colors.
Keep smiling!
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Lis Garrett :
Date: February 12, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
I read an interesting article that said kids as old as 4 and 5 can still have a difficult time grasping the concept of colors - they get confused by a “RED ball,” as opposed to just a “ball.” It was all very fascinating. My own toddler, for the most part, knows her colors well. However, she will all of a sudden get confused an call “orange” the color “pink.” I find it interesting when I hold an actual orange and ask her the color, she gets confused. Orange seems to trip her up a bit.
I’ve been enjoying these posts! Keep up the good work!
PreSchool Mama :
Date: February 13, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
Thanks, Lis!
Alex Kay :
Date: February 14, 2008 @ 1:47 am
I’ll keep this is mind if (and when) I become a dad. Nice post!
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