Whats a good technique to use for my 3 yr old to learn the colors?

Question

Shes three and learning fast just having a lil hard time with colors any ideas

Answer 1

I had a HECK of a time teaching my younger two their colors. I finally developed a set of flash cards that had pictures with word/sound associations with the color words. For example, the color pink was represented by a pink pig. "Pink" and "pig" both contain similar sounds. The association between the color and the object with a similar sound helped to cement the idea in my kids' heads. Other examples included: Yellow Umbrella (with the "ell" sound in common", Black Book (with the "b" and "k" sounds in common), Orange Orange (kind of obvious; lol, but what else??), Blue Balloon, and so on.

My 4-year-old still asks for the "Rudolph Red cup" or asks to wear her "Yellow Umbrella" dress from time to time, but she does finally know her colors!! :)

Good luck!

Edit: Just thought of something else I tried: I used M&M's. (Skittles or other candies in basic colors work well, too.) I would tell my girls that, for example, if they could pick out the green one they could have it. If it was too complicated for them to choose the green from the whole group of colors, I would separate out one or two colors besides green, just so they would have to make a choice. When they chose the right M&M, I'd let them eat it, and sometimes I'd have them point out objects that were the same color, saying, "What else do you see that's green?"

Answer 2

Figure out which one she likes best and teach her its name. Repeat for several days. Try her by saying, "Is this red?" Yes or no is easier than having to remember a name. Then move onto another one that's different. Use lots of different shades and sizes of the same color.

If you add two a week, she'll have the basic 8 down in a month. Make it part of conversation, not a time to sit down and "learn" something. Kids will hate it and associate learning with stress and seriousness.

Caveat: Are you sure she's not color-blind? Make sure she can tell the difference between colors before you teach her their names.

Answer 3

Name things all the time. "Look at the red circle, your pretty pink skirt, etc...". My son had his colors down solid a while back (18 mos.) and I think it was because I named everything like that. His first word, in fact, was blue! There are also a lot of books that emphasize color and that would work well too - we did that a lot.

Do you do a lot of coloring together? That's also a great way to get her more exposed to it.

Answer 4

I get a toy that has multiple colors and sometimes shapes like plastic building blocks and the big cube with wholes shaped differently, and similar shapes to drop in the cube. We sit together, play with it for a while, then I sort everything according to color in piles. I point to each pile and say the name, until I finish all colors. I do it 2-3 times, then I ask him: where's red?where's yellow? and he points. I cheer for right and correct for wrong. He loves it and it helps him alot.

good luck,

Answer 5

this is what i did with my 2 year old nephew and it is working.

you need

white paper
crayons of different color

take a crayon name the color
draw a circle on the paper
name the color again

ask her to name the color in the circle.
I do one color at first then the next day i add another color.

or find different color blocks and hold one up and say the color of the block (the block is blue)

Answer 6

Have a color a week.

Let's say, the color is red. Finger-paint ladybugs. Eat watermelon for snack. Wear red. Color pictures of apples, ladybugs, lobsters, roses, etc.

For blue, go outside and imagine "shapes" of clouds. Eat blueberries. Watch Blues Clues.

Play with play-doh in the color of the week.

Answer 7

We just included the color when we named/described/talked about something. "Blue block", "red ball", "green house" etc. Also, when looking at pictures in books, we would ask "What's this?" then "What color is it?"

My son knows 7 colors and is only 20 months, and we didn't do any specific "teaching"

Answer 8

Just encorporate colors into your discussion:

ask what color the leaves on the trees are, etc

do art and ask to pass pink, where is the purple, etc

read books that have color pages. we have a book that you have to press a button that corresponds with the color on the page.

she'll get them. don't worry. no hurry.

Answer 9

every where you go,even going down the road,point at a color and say for example,a stop sign say red and so on,do it for colors on walls clothes cars everything keep repeating the stuff and they will learn.worked on 3 of mine and is working on 2 of my grand kids.

Answer 10

flash cards reputation is the key! Make it fun, make it into a game like match the purple circles or a go fish type game... with colors!