Teach
Learning Colors
A Starting Place
The world is a colorful place. That's why teaching colors is a fun and easy place to start your child's literacy journey. Your child's earliest learning is based on their five senses. Use colors to tap into their sense of sight.
Skill Building
Why
There's a reason primary education puts a lot of focus on teaching colors. We are surrounded by color. Learning to identify colors not only builds vocabulary, it gives children the words to describe and sort things in their environment.
What
Wondering what colors to teach first? A starter box of kids crayons contains eight colors- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, black, white. Start with these.
How
The. best way to teach colors is to use what you have. The toys your child plays with, the foods your child eats, the clothing your child wears, are just a few suggestions.
Where
The opportunities to teach colors are everywhere. At home, on walks, in the car, park or while shopping. There are always colors to notice and remark upon.
When
Talking about colors in relation to what your child happens to be doing is a good strategy to use. In fact connecting new ideas to the real world is one strategy you can use no matter what skill you're teaching. If you're eating dinner, ask your child to name the colors of the foods on their plate. If you're out grocery shopping have them identify the colors of the foods or packaging you put in the cart. When you're out driving ask them to name objects they see that are a specific color.
Next
Once your child can identify colors consistently, they can use them to describe other things in their world. They'll go from saying red to my blanket is red, and then my blanket is red like the stop sign. Or my red blanket is soft and square. They'll draw a red scribble, then a red square, and then a red rocket. Literacy is all about building blocks. Your child will learn foundational skills and add skill upon skill until they've built a literacy foundation that's uniquely theirs.
