Colour Hunt

Materials You Need: Small objects, each of one colour (such as a red sock or an orange).

What You Can Do Together: Invite your child to play a “Colour Hunt” game. “Look! Here’s a red sock. Can you find some other things that have a red colour? Let’s look together!” Explore different parts of your home or have the hunt outdoors. Use the name of the colour often.  

At other times, do the colour hunt activity looking for items of a different colour. Include purple, orange, brown as your child learns more colours. As he learns more, you might ask your child just to find items of a certain colour without matching—or ask your child which colour he wants to look for. 

Help your child learn colours just by using their names in everyday conversation (cooking: “Now I’ll peel those yellow bananas” or dressing: “Let’s find your purple shirt to wear today.”)

What Your Child is Learning: Knowing colours is an important part of school readiness. Your child’s thinking is developing as your child learns the concept that objects may look different but have the same colour—and that similar items, like hats, maybe of different colours.