| Children are given a gift a birth. This gift is the desire | | | | knew them. |
| to learn everything as quickly as they can. They also | | | | Later in my life I learned that you can teach a baby |
| want to learn everything as quickly as possible. Often | | | | their colors well before 2 years old. As you talk to |
| times adults are not capable of understanding just | | | | your baby make color words a part of your speech. |
| how rapidly small children can learn new things. Once | | | | Point out the blue sky. Ask them if they like this |
| we become aware of this gift we can teach our | | | | yellow rattle. By discussing color words in your |
| children all sorts of things. | | | | everyday talk, your baby is easily learning to identify |
| You can teach colors to your child in a very subtle | | | | different colors. |
| manner. You do not need to drill your child and ask | | | | If you wish to play games with your child you can |
| them what color everything is to see if they can | | | | get different colored objects and tell them the colors |
| identify the colors. It is much simpler to make | | | | you have. Do not introduce more than four colors in |
| teaching colors a part of your day. When you discuss | | | | one session. You can take some colored blocks and |
| what clothes your child is wearing you can easily | | | | place them in front of your child. Point out green, red, |
| make reference to color. You can point out that their | | | | blue and yellow to your child. Stack the blocks and as |
| white socks would look great with their black shoes. | | | | you do, name each color. Restack them in a different |
| When speaking to your child, always reference the | | | | color pattern. Just do this while your child watches. |
| color of what you are talking about. When you do | | | | You can then offer your child a turn to build their |
| this your child will be learning to identify color without | | | | own stack. If your child does not volunteer the |
| the pressure of constantly being tested. | | | | names of the colors, go ahead and name them as |
| I recall try to teach my 2 year old her colors. We | | | | they interact with each color. |
| were playing a game with some M&Ms. I would tell | | | | There are many ways to teach color identification to |
| her some colors and then ask her to identify the | | | | your child. Look around at your environment for |
| colors for me. It was so frustrating to me because | | | | more opportunities. |
| she kept getting them wrong and I felt that she | | | | |