At age 2, they can start piecing together the information they have about their environment and describing it. Cars, houses, flowers, trees, buses, fruits, tall city buildings…everything has its own unique visual characteristics.īefore they were even a year old, your child noticed these things. Our world is made up of different shapes and colors. The Benefits of Learning What to Call Shapes and Colors for Toddlers

Most toddlers learn color names more easily if they start with the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and are introduced to more colors slowly over time.

Parents can help teach color names by pointing out the colors of everyday objects, asking toddlers to sort objects by color, reading about colors with kids, and encouraging toddlers to make colorful art.

Learning what to call colors helps toddlers develop Core Skills that will help them with math and literacy when they’re older.

Toddlers often start learning the names of colors around age 2.

What are some fun ways to teach colors for kids? Read on for solutions from our early learning experts at Begin. Kids with well-developed Core Skills enjoy greater academic success later in life, so figuring out how to teach toddlers the names of colors can set them up for a brighter future.

Kids start recognizing the difference between something colorful and something black and white soon after birth, and by age 2, many toddlers are ready to start learning the names of colors and shapes. Believe it or not, at age 2 toddlers are already laying the foundation for their Core Skills - one of the 5 C’s that help kids thrive in school and life.

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