how can i teach my three year old boy his colours?

Question

Ive been trying now for the last three to four weeks teaching his colours. Ive been poiting out the colour of the cars we go past. he knows blue, red and yellow but isnt interested when i point them out. he says he doesnt know what colour they are. I need a fun way to teach him to gain more of his concerntration.

Answer 1

find something he enjoys playing with.... like blocks or lego for example....

my daughter is two and loves colouring and reading so i have taught her colours like that, she knows most but does say occassionally she doesnt know them when i know she does....
maybe its because he doesnt want to 'play' colours you need to find a fun way of doing it, like when he is eating smarties ask him for a green one or similar...
maybe say a green one is pink for example and encourage him to correct you -kids love it when they think they are cleverer than their parents!

good luck, it is hard to make it all seem fun and dont push him if he gets frustrated about it
failing it all finger paints!!!!

Answer 2

Hmmm, are you sure you're not trying to force his attention? Its off putting. A game is either fun for him or its not.
Sit and read books together for fun, try the Doctor Seuss books, also the Dr Seuss Dictionary. Don't just decide that Its Time To Learn Colour, learning should be fun and about discovery.
Get Sesame Street on video and watch it together, also any other stuff he likes such as Fimbles.
Cheapjack bookshops like The Works have a brillliant selection of childrens books, take him in and let him pick one. Take him up the library every week and let him pick his books.
Crayons are probably the best bet, kids always draw the sky blue, the sun yellow the grass green. Let him drw his own book, you add the words and print it out as a book on your pc.

Answer 3

Buy some colored candies, balls, toys, anything that has all the colors. Make it fun for him without pushing it. Repetition is the secret to his learning all the regular colors. Bribe him, tell him that he has to call out a certain amount of numbers if he wants a sandwich, a soda, dessert. At every turn play the remind me game. "Remind me to put the yellow bowl in the fridge, remind me........the red handle broom away, tell Mommie how to turn on the black vacuum cleaner, don't forget to put up your green glass, your orange ball. Continue with the color scheme, his memory will improve real fast. Do the same thing when it comes to numbers, just don't give up, be patient.

Answer 4

A tip i learnt was adding the colours into conversation. Instead of look at that bus over there.. Look at that big red bus. Do you want your blue beaker. What colour pjs tonight, green or yellow? What pjs, you want yellow pjs yeh... and just drum it in with everyday conversation. Fruit is great to seperate the individuality of colours. A yellow banana, red apple, orange orange, blue blueberries etc...

Answer 5

Maybe try with potato painting..do u remember doing that as a kid..mum would make shapes in half chopped potatos then you would dip then in different colours and make pictures with them..maybe he would find that fun and learn colours that way...
or how about with playdoh..ask him to make shapes with different colours and see if he chooses the the right colour
maybe then he will see these mores as play time...he's probably not a good traveller and feels ratty in the car
well i hope my suggestions help you.. let me know

Answer 6

Smarties have the answer! Or any other multicolour sweeties. If he gets the colour correct then he gets the sweet! You may find that he knows his colours but is just bored and it's a good way to get attention :o)

Answer 7

Practice and reinforce everything in your daily routines. Make it fun, not structured and forced. I used to say, here's your yellow corn, green broccoli, blue ice pop, or whatever. Or put your toys in the brown toybox or sit on the white potty, turn on the silver faucet. Pretty much whenever i talked to my daughter we used every discriptive language. she learned very well. not just colors but things like smooth, pumpy, fuzzy, cold, hot, warm, in, out.... all those kind of descriptive words. Good luck and have fun!

Answer 8

Ask yourself what is your child's favorite past time and whatever it is use that toward his colours. For instance if he likes to sing a long use the colours in his sing a long and while he's dressing or playing get him to tell you what colour they are.

Answer 9

When kids are that age you need to show them what they are interested in at the time, if its flowers, trees, colours, splashing whatever.

Don't worry if he can't sit and listen yet, he's too young.

Alternatively, try ignoring him completely and learning colours all by yourself, he might want to know what's going on.

Answer 10

PAINTING/ crayons, buy him crayons and then start teaching him the colours while colouring
(10 year old helped write)

?not colour-blind, has he had an eye test, not the end of the world

Answer 11

All children learn at different speeds, and boys are slower than girls, but.... what I did with my soon to be 3 year old daughter is give her M&M's and fun toys. First introduce the color and say it over and over- tell your kid to repeat it- then ASK what color is this. Keep at it until they lose attention for it.