The organs of sight have always been the main instrument of perception of the world. And for a baby up to three years it is also an opportunity to develop and get acquainted with life in all its colors. By the way, I would like to focus on colors. A palette of colors and shades should not only be seen, but also be able to distinguish. At this very moment, most mothers also have a question, how to teach a child to remember colors? After all, the restless baby is interested in everything at once. So again you need to gain patience and step by step show him how bright and colorful the world around him. Today, teaching a child to flowers is no problem. And we will not only prove this, but also give examples of interesting exercises.
Learning colors with a child
The first question that we will touch is when the child begins to discern the colors? Nature has endowed newborn infants with weak eyesight, or, more accurately, hyperopia. To see objects and distinguish them from each other, the baby begins only after 10 weeks after birth. Confidently discern the colors the baby begins closer to the half-year. And he must know them by the age of 3-4. It is at this age that visual perception and touch are the leading ones among all the senses. And if the kid does not yet know what is called this or that shade, you need to immediately begin to study them. But before you begin the exercises, it is important to understand that studying flowers for children should not be a boring occupation with infinite memorization. The main activity of kids is a game. Especially if her mother joins her. When we study colors with a child, we try to entice him with this process, but do not impose certain activities on him. Children quickly get distracted from one action and switch to another. It is on this age-specific feature that one must rely on training.
How to teach a child flowers?
You should start with a red color. Then comes yellow, green and blue. These colors are not only basic in the palette, but are perceived by the child better than others. How to start training? Consider one example.
- Announce the baby that today is a red day. Hang a red ball in a conspicuous place or spread out red stickers everywhere. During the day, study only the red color;
- it is best to teach by drawing. This activity is liked by children, and will not be intrusive to them;
- offer the kid: "Let's take the red paint (pencil, crayon, felt-tip pen, etc.) and draw a red house. I'll paint the walls and the window, and you're the roof. Let's paint the roof in red, and I'm the house. What color do you paint the roof? Correctly. Red! And what color will I make the walls? That's right, it's also red. Look, what a wonderful red house we have! ";
- after the drawing is ready, hang it in a prominent place and show relatives, what a beautiful red house you drew.
How else to learn colors with a child? To the baby is not bored with the same activities, try with it different exercises:
- Cut out 4 cardboard boxes of 4 triangles and 4 squares. Swap the roofs and tell the child: "Oh, our houses have messed up the roofs! Let's arrange them so that the colors match. " Help the baby determine the house and call the color.
- When you start washing, encourage the baby to actively participate in this process. For example, you sort the colors of the underwear, and the baby helps you determine the desired shade. You can put something colored in white linen. In this case, ask the baby: "Do not you think that there is some color here that is superfluous?". The same can be done when cleaning the house and sorting toys by color.
- Arrange with the baby competitions, who will find more items of the same color
- You can start a game with one kid, and at once with several children, so that they are more fun. Cut out three large circles of red, green and yellow from the cardboard. Explain the rules: you can not move to a red color, you have to jump to yellow on the spot or on one leg, and if it's green you can run.
First, all actions are performed together with the child. Then you can silently show the cards or complicate the task and speak the color in a voice.
If you have wondered how to teach a child to distinguish colors and have already begun to practice, remember several important rules:
- to deal with the child can be from 1.5 years;
- do not start learning a new color until the kid remembers the previous one;
- after 4 primary colors should follow orange, purple, black and white, and only then all other shades;
- Do not rush the child and be sure to tell him if he made a mistake. Enter the game colors gradually. No more than two to start;
- Do not use online games and other computer programs for training. They will prevent the child from concentrating, and spoil his sight.