| Language Milestone | What it means | Links to Literacy | ||
| Toddler begins to learn about colours |
Learning about colours is a
fundamental skill which can be introduced very early. For instance,
while playing you can draw the child's attention to
colour by contrasting objects of different colours. "Here comes the red duck!" "Quack, Quack says the yellow duck." "Give mummy the red duck." "No, that's the yellow one!" At the next opportunity you could reinforce colour by showing all the objects of one colour. "Look, the red duck has the red ring on his neck" "Put the blue duck in the blue bucket." "Lets put all the blue things in the blue bucket and all the red things in the red bucket." At first they will remember one colour. Gradually more colours will be added to their knowledge bank as you focus on the colours of objects and name them.
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Colour is a
descriptive part of our language which is important for communicating with
others.
Knowing the names of all the common colours is a skill which all young readers need to have to help them understand and interpret stories in print, and to take part in everyday activities in the classroom and playground. |