We're trying to teach my two children their colors (I have twins, boy/girl 2 1/2 years old). My son has picked it up right away, and will easily say or find something with a specific color.
My daughter (who we consider the "smarter" on), hasn't really caught on. She either doesn't know her colors, or she is playing games with us. When we point to something and ask her what color it is, she'll usually say "red", or maybe "purple", even though it's a completely different color.
Yesterday we sorta had a breakthrough, and after a lot of one-on-one we had her saying all the colors as we pointed to them. They were presented to her on a big six-sided ball/dice so she couldn't just remember where we pointed, she would have had to see the color. However most of the time she doesn't get it right, even after yesterday.
Is she playing games with us (she'd be the twin in this family to do this!) Does she know her colors or not. Has anyone noticed this behavior before?
2007-03-26 05:06:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Your child's ability to recognize different colors heats up at around 18 months, the same time he begins to notice similarities and differences in shape, size, and texture. Then it will be a while longer before he's able to name the colors — most children can name at least one color by 36 months.
In the meantime, though, he'll love to practice, adding new colors to his repertoire. And he may surprise you by knowing and identifying colors even if he can't name them verbally. When you're out and about, play pointing and matching games. Say, "I see a red flower" and wait before pointing to it to see if he points first. If he's wearing a blue shirt, ask him if he sees anything else around him the same color.
Toddlers love looking at picture books of objects organized by shape and color. Start by asking him to identify things nonverbally; say, "Can you show me the red square?" and let him point to it. As he begins to learn the names of the colors, you can reverse the game, pointing to objects yourself and asking, "What color is this triangle?" Either way, he'll delight in showing off his knowledge. When he's wrong, don't correct him (or pretend he's right) but instead say the correct name in an encouraging tone.
I think she knows her colors if she does well one on one than doing it with her twin. Maybe she wants some attention and pretends to not know them .
2007-03-26 06:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by mom_princess77 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I son did this for a while. He had a favorite color and no matter what color was pointed to he would say "green" and we would ask him again sometimes he would get it right sometimes he wouldn't. He went thought a stage where everything was yellow too. Eventually he started saying the right color and now he even gets some of the harder ones like light and dark colors.
She may just like those colors and says them first. Keep working with her and she will eventually get it. All kids learn in different ways and at different times.
2007-03-26 05:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by Mandi G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now, my daughter tells us everything is green. She does know the color, but it was also the very first color she ever recognized, so now she automatically says green when we point to other colors. I know she's just playing with us most of the time because she'll tell us another color is green and then run off to find something green and show it to us.
2007-03-26 05:20:34 · answer #3 · answered by ticktock 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think she does know her colors. If your son is doing it and she can "sometimes" do it, she is playing games. It sounds like she really likes the on on one tim e she gets out of this and that is why she does it. Don't stop with it, she enjoys it and it is good for her. Just be sure to involve your son still, even though he readily tells you the colors.
2007-03-26 05:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not stupid to get her a colouring e book. she will understand pictures, and he or she will savour in simple terms making the marks on the paper. yet the two, you need to in simple terms supply her clean paper, and he or she'll have in simple terms as plenty exciting scribbling on that. while you're apprehensive approximately her scribbling on different issues, thoroughly conceal the table or kitchen floor with newspaper. Or take a seat and colour together with her - it won't kill you to spend a million/2 an hour fidgeting together with her mutually as you maintain a watch on her. you need to purchase water-soluble pens/crayons/pencils etc which could be particularly bumped off if she does scribble on the table or something.
2016-10-01 12:30:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This won't answer you question, but I think it's really sad that you consider one of your children "the smarter one". You are setting the other child up for serious low self-esteem problems.
2007-03-26 05:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by Jane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take her 2 an eye doc.....a stranger may make her ans without fooling around...she could b color blind......and may seriously have a problem,,,,even though her twin is ok
2007-03-26 05:11:44 · answer #7 · answered by cleo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋