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dreamsNcolor - October 11th, 2010 8:59 AM

My daughter turned 4 years old the day before she started pre-K(4 y.o. group). Therefore she is the youngest in her class and I do worry about her being "up to snuff". I know that isn't right, that I compare her to her older sister (they are 2 years and 2 days apart). I worry that she is behind. She is a bit hard to understand verbally, and is being screened for that. She does decent with shapes and can count to 13... she even knows our phone number and address, thanks to me working on it with my daughter when she was in Kindergarten! But we have a lot of problem with colors.

She used to do well with them... now she calls white, yellow and many others she confuses, like black and brown, red and green. Blue is about the only one she consistently gets right. She is hard-headed and when I try to work with her on it too much, she seems to shut down. I have tried books, flash cards, talking about things in the room/what we are wearing. I just feel at my wits end, because knowing her colors seems like something she should know at her age... am I wrong? Does anyone have any other ideas to help me? Any online games or videos, etc?

ladymom - October 12th, 2010 2:29 PM

there are fun and educational videos right over the internet and even on televisions where she will enjoy the movie and at the same time learn the different colors as well as numbers and letters constantly.

1CrazyKidd - October 23rd, 2010 12:03 PM

Well I suppose you've had her eyesight checked?

I don't think it is something to stress about and I doubt flashcards and books are concrete enough to really learn much from. You can set her up for success and positive feelings by starting very easy. For example you could ask her to hand you the red ball even if there's only one ball around. You could refer to your car as the tan car and your friend's car as the black car and ask if she wants to go for a ride in the black car.

It is possible you just don't use color as a reference much in your personal conversation style, you can consciously add it. Kids sometimes simply adapt their parents speaking style, so if you don't use it (for real, not just in quizzing her) , she might not consider it worth her interest either.

1stTimeMama - October 23rd, 2010 12:04 PM

Try coloring with her. Just play and color and ask her to pass colors to you. And gently correct: I need the red one, that's brown. Can you find the one that is the same color as your dress. Limit the number you use each time as that will help. And help lead her to the right one by looking at the one you want.

Aisley - October 23rd, 2010 12:05 PM

I have taught preschool. Make sure to ruled out any eye sight problems. I have taught preschoolers and it is normal for some to confuse colors. You can learn colors in many creative ways. You can go for a walk and talk about how the grass if green, the sky is blue, the clouds are white (depending on weather), the flowers are xxxxx, the stop sign is red. You can read books to her about colors. There are some fun cute books out there. You can get her puzzles that name the colors. Just have fun coloring, painting, and sidewalk chalk.

Alarice - October 23rd, 2010 12:05 PM

Go on the computer and look up games. There is a fun one I found that sings and such. Really my twins used to mix them up all the time, don't forget they are children, not machines. Don't put to much pressure on them and always make it fun. I have a fun book that talks about the how the crayons talk. They pick it up quickly so just notice color in everything that you do and they do and be sure to just have fun with it. My girls did not and do not go to pre-school, and we do a lot of stuff at home but we always just have fun, they learn much better this way.

Alberta - October 23rd, 2010 12:06 PM

We add colors a lot to our normal conversations, but have made a few games. The first was a game out of the Mickey Mouse Paint chips from HomeDepot. They are in big bold colors and we picked 2 of each primary color. Then we used those for matching, grouping colors etc. Discovery Toys also makes this busy bugs set that is awesome. You match colors to cards at first, but there are other games like making your own bug soup (have to find specific bugs and colors). Super fun!

**alexa** - October 24th, 2010 10:42 PM

i can't remember specifically how my son learned to identify colors but i think it was more on curiosity because each time i show him some toys i always indicate the color. then he started to ask my favorite color and sort of remembered it until such time that he kept asking what is this and that color. he also told me that his favorite color is green. so at the age of 30 months he was already an expert in colors.

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