: Colors are such a big part of our lives that I’m a little confused by the need for flashcards when teaching colors. Everything around us and on us is a color. The teaching of colors can usually be more naturally done than the use of flashcards suggests.When he puts on a shirt in the morning, comment on what a great blue it is. When you’re out walking, sit down in the green grass under the blue sky and the white clouds. Pat the head of a black dog and eat the red strawberries. If I were going to use something more artificial, I’d use whole sheets of construction paper that are colored. I wouldn’t use small things like crayons.What colors is your furniture? Play games. First to the blue sofa, wins. Now first to the red chair, win. Now, I spy something green in the room. What do you spy? Or Simon says, sit on something yellow. Simon says touch something purple. Then move on to Color Tag where you’re always “it” and base always changes. Base is something blue, base is now something green in the living room, base is something yellow in the kitchen.Those games might be especially helpful if he has trouble sitting still as all of the games involve moving around. (You might need a breather in between but young children love them)And you can certainly teach colors from Clifford, The Big Red Dog.Or I’m misunderstanding you completely and you’re trying to teach your wonderful son to read the names of colors? If you’re really trying ot teach him to read and not to recognize colors, those games would be too elementary but large pieces of cardboard with the names of colors written on them could be used to make the games still work.Good luck.Sara,: Thanks for the great advice. I am going to stick to colors! Should I
: just stick w/ the flash cards when working w/ my son? Usually we
: use the flash cards and crayons. I tried to work w/ him while he
: sits down and colors in his workbook but he won’t sit still. What
: do you think?? I will try and put on “Sesame Street” and
: see if he will watch it. He seems to be not very interested in
: “Sesame Steet.” Most of the time I try and keep the TV
: on PBS, the educational shows. He likes “Wishbone and
: “Clifford, The Big Red Dog.”: Thanks for the advice! I have been looking for a great LD site like
: this for quite a while…….This is great!: Susan