Dont know colors yet?

I know Iam pry being paranoid. Alex still doesnt know his colors. Is this normal? My other boy Ashton knows colors, shapes, etc. I think the problem is his brother and older sister talk over him all the time. Alex also has a little problem with talking clearly. I work daily with him, even though he gets frustrated..He just isnt into learning. He goes in next month for his 4k screening and I at least want him to know his colors..
Any advice appreciated!
thanks

 

Maybe you could try to make it fun for him - offer him choices of things of different colors: the green plate or the blue plate? the red shirt or the black shirt? just make it a constant, low-pressure thing rather than a formal, structured thing. Good luck!

 

I'm with Erin. We taught colors on a daily basis with household items. M&Ms are really fun or skittles

 

I would make some one on one time with him---sort m&ms, socks, crayons, whatever, keep it fun!! Also talk about it when referring to things (clohtes, cars,etc)

Also - has he ever had his eyes checked? I know that starting at 3yr old visit the eye dr was asking about colors and looking for color blindness.

Is it all colors, or just blues/green---red/greens etc??

 

I would say it's quite late (and my son is quite slow on the talking side of things). Agree with pp. Color blind is much more common in boys than in girls, so you may want to have it checked out. They see everything well, apparently (my BIL) you just see everything in black / grey / white scales.

 

I was concerned my boys were color blind at their 2 year check up because they knew all the NAMES of the colors but rarely put the name with the correct color. Our Ped told us that color recognition came around 3 years old. I would think a slight speech issue & older siblings talking for a child would delay them further. I have twin brothers & my 1 brother always appeared 'behind' until my mom started forcing him to talk for himself (versus letting his twin talk for him). Within a few weeks, he was at the same level as my other brother. I see it in my boys, too, so 1 on 1 time has been essential for us in learning shapes, colors, etc. I'm sure your little guy will learn them in time...we made learning colors fun, too, & I mentioned colors in everything we did all day. My boys still struggle with brown, black, gray, white, silver, & gold, but they've known all the rainbow colors for some time now. Good luck!

 

Does he like to sort? I'd give him small Legos and different colored cups, and have him sort them into the appropriate cup. Does he know color names, but just can't match them up?

I'm not sure what the right age is to learn colors, but I can tell you that my 2.5-year-old is pretty far behind in a lot of categories, has severe speech delay, etc. -- but, he knows his colors. (Not necessarily silver and gold, but the basic ones including black and white.) So, I might ask the ped at his next visit about it.

 

One of my guys also doesn't know his colours while the other has known them forever. It seems that whenever I freak about something and make an appointment with the doctor, that by the time the appointment comes around, he's doing what he wasnt doing before. I have been concerned though. And just like pp, he knows the names of the colour but doesn't match it to the right one. He has no speech delays. I do wonder if he is cb though. How do they even tell?

One of my guys also doesn't know his colours while the other has known them forever. It seems that whenever I freak about something and make an appointment with the doctor, that by the time the appointment comes around, he's doing what he wasnt doing before. I have been concerned though. And just like pp, he knows the names of the colour but doesn't match it to the right one. He has no speech delays. I do wonder if he is cb though. How do they even tell?

 

I noticed at daycare how they taught colors was to focus on one color at a time. Today could be a green day and you point out everything green you find. Green grapes, green leaves, green grass, green plate, etc. And maybe try to dress everyone in that color of the day. I think it's less overwhelming for a child to focus on one color at a time, and master it.

 

Our eye Dr had a colorblind test that they gave around age 2 and 3. It involved pointed to 'things' hidden in pictures. They were large simple dot pictures with the background in one color and item in another. For example---a backround of blue circles with a green duck or a red heart with a blue background. They asked the girls 'point to the animal- color- heart..... Now at 4- they have numbers/letter hidden, but the same type of test. So far they give it every year.

 

Hmmm, both of mine are able to correctly identify colors both verbally and physically and they're a tad younger than yours, in fact, the only primary colors they're having problems distinguishing are black and brown. I would definitely mention it to your pediatrician. Maybe it's a color blind thing or maybe it's nothing. Let us know what the doctor says!