How to teach colors to my 4 year old daughter?

Question

How to teach colors to my 4 year old daughter?

Answer 1

use m&ms

Answer 2

Get paint chips in 5 distinct colors (not muted).  2 of each color.

Put down your chip, say the name and have her match her chip to yours.  Do this for two-three days or until mastered.

Then, have her match the chip to the color as you call it by name.  Let her find her "blue" chip and find your "blue" chip.

Do this for two-three days or until mastered.

Then, put down your chip and ask her to say the name of the color. Do this for two-three days or until mastered.

Repeat this process with 5 new colors.  If she struggles with a color, go back to the previous step of saying & matching.

Have fun!

Answer 3

Spend time with her going over colors.  It worked for us.

Answer 4

Try the game Candyland.  The entire game is based on colors.  Another thing you can do is play 'I Spy'...but base it all on colors.  Tell her 'I spy something green' and when she tells you it is the grass say 'good job, the grass is green.  what else do you see that is green?'  This is a game you can play in the car anytime you go out.  You could even do it while you are cooking dinner.  Then switch roles.  Have her pick a color for you to find the object, but make mistakes and have her tell  you what the actual color is.  For example, if she says 'I spy something white' and you tell her that your stove is white but it is really black, make her correct you by asking 'what color is it then?' and play along with her.  Get paint, play-dough, stickers, etc. and make crafts together, but ask her to hand you the red play-dough or the blue star sticker and praise her when she does it correct.

Answer 5

Use color words in your everyday conversation.  Talk about the colors of things you're both looking at.  Offer her choices involving colors.  Show her two shirts or dresses & ask, "Do you want to wear the red one or the blue one?  Do you want the orange juice or the red juice?"  Don't be satisfied with "That one" or pointing for an answer, she has to tell you the color she wants.

Answer 6

everywhere you go and everything you do you can incorperate a color. Be repetative. At home you can comment on clothes.That is a beatiful(color) shirt today. Can you hand me the(color) cup.Can you go get me your(color) shoes.

Outside the same,cars,signs,dogs, they pick up quick and then it doesn't seemed forced or like pressure

Answer 7

use and repetition

Answer 8

Some suggestions:

1) Talk about it in meaningful ways to her, such as when she dresses up, tell and then ask her later what's the color of her shirt, pants, shoes, or socks. Use colors in sentences such as "I like the blue shirt you're wearing today".

2) Start teaching by sorting/classifying solid colored objects into groups. U can use everyday items such as crayons, toys, hair clips, socks, etc. and let your child group the objects such as all green objects should go in this basket, etc.

3) After sorting, you can test her now by identifying colors according to names. You can play a game of "Bring Me" and she gets a prize (like maybe a cookie) for every correct answer. Example, "bring me color red!"

4) Kids learn more easily and faster if presented in games. Aside from the Bring Me game, check out interactive websites which help color recognition. Sample websites are:

http://www.liveandlearn.com/cgame/colors...

http://www.gamequarium.com/color.html

http://www.gamequarium.com/coloringpages...

5) Give your child a box of crayons and some coloring pages to work on. While she decides what crayons she'll want to use, she'll also be reinforcing the concepts of colors. Painting is also a wonderful activity I'm sure she'll enjoy because she can mix-up and make her own colors like mixing yellow and blue to make the color green. This will also promote her creativity.

Answer 9

Flash cards.

Answer 10

u could use flash cards or you can help her relate colors to different foods. for example:  apple = red.

Answer 11

Just make it the norm to point out every color you see. "Please hand me the BLUE, cup", "Can you find your Pink show?" " Let go to school in our RED car" and so on.......you can even do this with numbers and letters. When you make it a part of everyday life it doesn't feel like work and they take it all in. Good Luck!

Answer 12

Everytime she touches a color say the name she will drink it in with the repetition.

Answer 13

cars,flash cards,clothes...

Answer 14

try finger painting... mixing teaching with fun is always a good way to teach your kids.

Answer 15

My daughter learned her colors when she was 2 years old. She enjoyed using Playdoh, so I bought it in as many colors as I could find. We'd sit at the table for about an hour each day and open the different containers and say what the colors were. Within no time, she was asking for the colors by name. Make it fun!

Answer 16

The way my mother taught me was buying a pack of balloons and blowing them up. Then she would tell me the colors and throw them in a room and tell me to go find whatever color balloon she asked for.

Answer 17

In teaching colors, its good to start with something that has no color. For example, you may use water. First, tell your child that you will learn about colors. Tell her that water has no color.And then, put some red powder or dye. There, she will slowly see the "magic". This is good instead of teaching your child "this is red" or something. Learning should have meaning for the child because that's when they can truly grasp the concept. Happy teaching!