Colors are an easy way to check learning and it is possible to start teaching the colors at a very early age. Kids as young as 2 years old can learn their colors and build good learning connections in their brain. The earlier they start, the better it is for their learning abilities.
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INTRODUCING THE COLOR WORDS
It is very important to understand the process of learning when teaching abstract concept like colors. For kids to recognize a color, they need to have accumulated hundreds of information pieces that help them define that color concept. Children learn language by exposure to it. They hear spoken language and imitate what they hear. So simply using color words often when speaking to children
is the first step to introducing children to color words. Find images of items showing the primary colors of light--red, yellow and blue--and post them around the room at home. Along with posting images showing colors. Take time to engage in activities with your child that focus on colors. Creating a variety of activities that focus on colors will ensure this skill.
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PLAYDOUGH RECIPE
Ingredients: ½ cup salt 1cup plain flour 2 tablespoons cream of tartar 1cup water Food colouring
Method: 1. Mix all ingredients together in a medium sized saucepan, 2. Stir over heat until dough is pliable. 3. Allow to cool and store in a well-sealed plastic bag or container.
Recipe notes: This makes enough for 2-4 children to have a good-sized lump to play with. You can keep platdough in the fridge and at lasts for 6 months or more.
TIPS FOR TEACHING COLORS
1. When you show something, say a red balloon, use the word “color” together with the name of the object. Instead of saying “this is red”, it is better to say “this is a balloon and its color is red”. 2. Do not test your kids before you are done teaching. It will put them off and prevent them from learning. 3. Experiencing colors in different ways helps carve the concept in the brain. When learning colors, kids can experience the colors through all their senses - sight, sound, smell, taste, touch - the more experiences they get, the easier it is to remember. Be creative and come up with unusual ways of teaching colors. 4. Most kids adore play-doh. Having different colors available can help them learn, or at least try to learn the names of the colors of them. You can buy play-doh, or if you want, create your own. For some homemade Safe-to-Eat Playdough Recipes for Kids.” See the playdough recipe above.
Red, green, yellow, blue, Orange, black, brown, purple. Eight pretty colors in my box.
Which one will I choose? Red like an apple, Green like grass, Yellow like the sun, And blue sky. Coloring is fun!
Orange like a pumpkin, Black like night, Brown like a bun, And purple grapes.
COLORING IS FUN! Which one will I choose?
TEACHING A SONG TO CHILDREN
Music is an amazing tool for teaching languages, especially to children. Good songs will bounce around in a learner’s head long after their lesson is over. Young learners pick up vocabulary, grammatical structures, and the rhythm of the language simply by doing what they already love to do...singing.